Slate Magazine (blog) | South Africa's gay blood donation ban solution is terrible. Slate Magazine (blog) The widespread ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men is idiotic not because it's homophobic—which it is—but because it's based on bad science. Ignore the FDA's panicky anti-gay animus for a moment and consider its stated rationale: to ... South Africa ends gay blood donation ban South Africa Lifts Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood |