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01Jun/15

For Gay Men, a Ban on Blood Donation Ends, But a Stigma Remains – Houstonia Magazine


Houstonia Magazine

For Gay Men, a Ban on Blood Donation Ends, But a Stigma Remains
Houstonia Magazine
The Houstonian remembers the gay community’s bitter frustration with the FDA’s policy, which imposed a lifetime ban on blood donations by men who had engaged in homosexual activity since 1977. “Having become an adult at the age of the HIV/AIDS …