Sign the Petition

Want to get involved? Sign the petition to call for reformed blood donor guidelines for gay men. According to U.S. blood donation policies, any man who has had sex with another man (MSM), even once, since 1977, is permanently deferred from donating blood. 

Although this policy was created in the early years of the epidemic, when little was known about HIV, the current policy fails to maximize blood safety and excludes many potential gay and bisexual male donors who are at low-risk for HIV.  The reports here document the efforts made to revise deferral policies and what actions are currently being taken to develop a safe and effective blood donation policy.

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