Gay people can donate blood now! (In the US, at least) :D
Sort of. Still can’t donate if you’re taking prep (hiv preventative) or if you’ve had sex with multiple people.
Need to be off prep for 3 months and not have sex with new or multiple partners.
The no prep part is a tough ask. Especially with how healthcare is
Much better than it was but it still excludes a huge portion of the community
In my country, men are asked the same questions and no one is allowed to give blood if they changed partners in the last 3 months. I imagine it is the same for women.
Oh, I didn’t know the American Red Cross made the rules for everybody in the world! Gee, thanks!
I was only offering what I knew to be true for my area locally, I didn’t want to speak on things I hadn’t researched. Looking it up, I guess it seems like it’s possible (with varying degrees of waiting period), in a pretty significant chunk of the world, so that’s even better than I thought, if still not ideal. ^^
