The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
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    11 months ago

    Bro that’s not it. It was about AIDS having spread throughout the gay community before testing was feasible.

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      11 months ago

      Testing methods are still inadequate, as blood may test negative whilst infectious in the first three months