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FDA: FDA Updates Blood Donor Deferral Policy to Reflect the Most Current Scientific Evidence and Continue to Ensure the Safety of the U.S. Blood Supply
December 21, 2015
FDA: Revised Recommendations for Reducing the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products
December 21, 2015
Wikipedia: Men Who Have Sex With Men Blood Donor Controversy
May 2015
American Red Cross: What Happens to Donated Blood?
Date n/a
NY Times: F.D.A. Ends Ban, Allowing Some Blood Donations by Gay Men
December 21, 2015
BuzzFeed News: New FDA Policy Relaxes Ban On Gay Men Donating Blood
December 21, 2015
The Washington Post: FDA: Gay Men Can Once Again Donate Blood in U.S., if They Haven’t Had Sex For a Year
December 22, 2015
Advocate: The Latest FDA Blood Policy Is Insulting, Homophobic
December 22, 2015
HUFFPOST Politics: The FDA’s Blood Donor Policy Is Still Homophobic
December 21, 2015
The Daily Beast: The FDA’s New Gay Blood Donor Policy Is Homophobic, Absurd, and Far From ‘Progress’
December 21, 2015
Katzen Arts Center: 10/6 Blood Equality Panel Discussion
October 8, 2015
HUFFPOST QUEER VOICES: For Gay and Bi Blood Donors, New Rules but Same Ban
Updated February 2, 2016
ThinkProgress: FDA Lifts Ban On Gay Men Giving Blood, But There’s A Catch
December 21, 2015
Transfusion: Impact of a 5-year Deferral From Blood Donation for Men Who Have Sex With Men
December 31, 2015
The Williams Institute: UPDATE: Effects of Lifting Blood Donation Bans on Men Who Have Sex With Men
September 2014
August 12, 2010
BBC News: Gay blood ban: Northern Ireland Lawyers to Petition Supreme Court
May 9, 2016
Pink News: Lib Dem Leader Submits Bill to End Gay Blood Ban
February 9, 2016
National AIDS Trust: Blood Donation and Gay Men – the Wrong Focus?
June 9, 2015
Vice News: Gay Men in France Allowed to Give Blood as Long as They Don’t Have Sex for a Year
November 4, 2015
