FDA's Revised Blood Donatn Guidance for Gay Men Still Courts Controversy

Contents:

• MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WILL NOW BE ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UNR FALIZED FDA L
• FDA PROPOS EASG BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• NEW BLOOD DONATN RUL TO LOOSEN RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• FDA BLOOD DONATN GUIL: NEW UPDATE WILL ALLOW MORE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE
• GAY, BISEXUAL MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N DONATE BLOOD UNR NEW FDA POLICY
• FDA TO LOOSEN BLOOD DONATN GUIL THAT RTRICTED GAY, BISEXUAL MEN
• NEW FDA BLOOD DONATN GUIL EASE RTRICTNS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• FDA PLANS TO LIFT BLANKET RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN
• FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
• FDA UPDAT BLOOD DONATN RUL OPENG PATH FOR MORE GAY DONORS
• LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS
• F.D.A. RELAX BLOOD DONATN GUIL FOR GAY MEN AND OTHERS
• FDA'S REVISED BLOOD DONATN GUIDANCE FOR GAY MEN STILL COURTS CONTROVERSY

MORE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WILL NOW BE ABLE TO DONATE BLOOD UNR FALIZED FDA L

S., the Red Cross, along wh One Blood, Valant and partner LGBTQ+ muny health centers, are participatg a pilot study fund by the FDA select ci that uld potentially lead to chang for blood donor eligibily creria for gay and bisexual men.

Is movg to ease rtrictns on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men and other groups that tradnally face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Dg Admistratn (FDA) said Thursday had officially elimated rtrictns that had prevly prohibed many blood donatns by gay and bisexual men — a longstandg policy that crics say is discrimatory.

FDA PROPOS EASG BLOOD DONATN L FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Wh the updated guil, most gay and bisexual men who are a monogamo relatnship wh a man will no longer have to rea om sex orr to donate blood. At first, gay and bisexual men were pletely prohibed om donatg blood.

NEW BLOOD DONATN RUL TO LOOSEN RTRICTNS ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Print and CEO of GLAAD Sarah Kate Ellis echoed that approval a statement, sayg "The FDA's cisn to follow science and issue new remendatns for all Amerins, regardls of sexual orientatn, who selflsly donate blood to help save liv, signals the begng of the end of a dark and discrimatory past rooted fear and homophobia, " However, Ellis said while the new guidance is a step the right directn, there is still a barrier for LGBTQ+ people who are on PrEP, an FDA-approved dg proven to prevent the transmissn of HIV, who may want to donate blood. The Food and Dg Admistratn on Friday proposed easg blood donatn guil for gay and bisexual current l, the FDA allows donatns om gay and bisexual men if they haven't had sex wh another man for three a draft proposal posted to the agency's webse, the FDA said the new l would allow anyone to donate blood — regardls of genr or sexual orientatn — as long as they haven't engaged certa sexual behavrs the last three months.

FDA BLOOD DONATN GUIL: NEW UPDATE WILL ALLOW MORE GAY, BISEXUAL MEN TO DONATE

That would mean most gay and bisexual men who are a monogamo relatnship wh another man will no longer need to absta om sex to donate blood.

”The agency's rtrictns on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men stem om the AIDS crisis, which began the early 1980s, when ltle was known about the vis. Advocy groups and medil anizatns, cludg the Amerin Red Cross, have urged the FDA to lift rtrictns on blood donatns for gay and bisexual men, sayg the practice is discrimatory and has ntributed to shortag the blood supply the Uned Stat.

GAY, BISEXUAL MEN MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N DONATE BLOOD UNR NEW FDA POLICY

Said the new guil would be more clive and were based on a review of data om other Fremson/The New York TimThe Food and Dg Admistratn plans to revise a longstandg policy that exclud most gay and bisexual men om blood donatn, stead adoptg an approach that will screen donors pendg on their recent sexual activy, agency officials said on move follows years of cricism om L.

Feral officials have long jtified the excln of gay and bisexual men as a way to keep H. In 2015, the agency allowed gay and bisexual men to donate if they had not had sexual ntact wh other men for the prev perd was rced to three months after severe blood shortag durg the Covid-19 F.

FDA TO LOOSEN BLOOD DONATN GUIL THAT RTRICTED GAY, BISEXUAL MEN

Said the agency’s proposal was an important step forward that would enable him — a gay married man — and many others to perform an important public service. Said the new approach would be genr-clive — the screeng would also apply to women who have sex wh gay and bisexual men — and would foc on dividual risk, not blanket prohibns on groups.

NEW FDA BLOOD DONATN GUIL EASE RTRICTNS FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

A., shapg the proposal, reviewed data om a recent study of about 1, 600 gay and bisexual men eight metropolan areas. ”But, as a gay man, he said that not havg the abily to donate blood had ma him feel “shunned by the ernment, ” and he was disappoted that the change took so long. More about Ey AnthA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 21 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Blood Donatn Rul to Loosen Rtrictns on Gay and Bisexual Men.

FDA PLANS TO LIFT BLANKET RTRICTNS ON BLOOD DONATNS OM GAY MEN

The Food and Dg Admistratn (FDA) has implemented new guidance for blood donatn, which will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood, the agency announced last week. Gay and bisexual men were nsired eligible to give blood startg 1985 due to the MSM muny’s higher risk of human immunoficiency vis (HIV).

The new dividual risk asssment guil no longer sgle out gay and bisexual men or women who have sex wh them. The origal blood donatn ban for gay and bisexual men me rponse to an issue the 1980s, durg which blood recipients were fected wh HIV.

FDA DROPS BLOOD DONATN RTRICTNS SPECIFIC TO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The new language the qutns is genr ntral, Cahill explaed, and allows gay or bisexual men who are monogamo relatnships or aren’t havg anal sex to donate blood. On top of that, currently jt 3% of people who are eligible donate blood, so ’s hard to know how many many gay and bisexual men will be terted donatg.

Edor's note: This story was updated wh rmatn om the FDA to clarify guidance to terme blood-donor regulators on Thursday falized a long-awaed plan that will allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood, potentially expandg the number of eligible donors the U. "This new policy ends a s-old ban rooted discrimatn and bias, " Human Rights Campaign print Kelley Robson said a Thursday prs release appldg the the new guil, gay and bisexual men monogamo relatnships will not need to absta om sex prr to givg blood.

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BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE

"This updated policy is based on the bt available scientific evince and is le wh polici place untri like the Uned Kgdom and Canada, " the FDA said a Thursday prs policy also elimat screeng qutns specific to women who have sex wh bisexual men or gay men, the agency rights groups long opposed rtrictns on gay, bisexual menAlmost a ago, the FDA had rtrictns place requirg gay and bisexual men to absta om sex for one year before they uld the time, the Human Rights Campaign said the policy ntued "to stigmatize gay and bisexual men.

"We are mted to workg towards an eventual oute that both mimiz risk to the blood supply and treats gay and bisexual men wh the rpect they serve, " HRC ernment affairs director David Stacy FDA first banned men who have sex wh men om donatg blood 1983 as the HIV/AIDS crisis unfold. The US Food and Dg Admistratn on Friday announced chang to l that have long rtricted many gay and bisexual men om givg blood.

FDA UPDAT BLOOD DONATN RUL OPENG PATH FOR MORE GAY DONORS

Until 2015, gay and bisexual men weren't allowed to donate blood at all. In 2020, the FDA shortened s ferral perd for men who have sex wh men, changg the requirement om wag 12 months sce the last sexual ntact to three blood donatn l and bans, largely impactg gay men but also rtrictg others, cludg people who've gotten tattoos or ject dgs, are based on the asssment of who's more at risk for ntractg human immunoficiency vis (HIV). The lifetime blood donatn rtrictn on men who have sex wh men that expired 2015 had been created the 1980s durg the HIV/AIDS crisis, which disproportnately impacted gay and bisexual men.

"That a science-based, dividualized risk asssment is the bt, most equable way to ensure safety of the blood supply while rcg unnecsary discrimatn agast gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men. SALT LAKE CITY — The Food and Dg Admistratn is easg rtrictns on blood donatns next week, particular for gay men hop that Ameri's blood supply will be Blood Servic will be the first Utah and one of the first donor centers the entire untry to implement the new guil. "Now that qutn is pletely gone and ’s been replaced wh three, new, clive qutns that we ask all donors, irrpective of their genr or sexual orientatn, ” he goal of the change rtrictns is to lower barriers hop that more gay men will now choose to donate bee the need for blood is nstant.

Acrdg to an advanced trial nducted out of San Francis, will make 30-35% of gay men eligible stead of virtually 's still eligibleNotably, those who are on PrEP, a meditn to protect agast HIV, are also currently ferred. “If you thk about , we've never seen really gay donors to a large extent, ” Anani said. “There are all sorts of people who get jured—gay, straight, bi, nonbary, don't matter.

LETTG GAY MEN DONATE BLOOD COULD HELP SOLVE A MAJOR HEALTH CRISIS

"The FDA is mted to workg closely wh the blood llectn dtry to help ensure timely implementatn of the new remendatns and we will ntue to monor the safety of the blood supply once this dividual risk-based approach is place, " Marks rtrictns have changed for gay and bisexual menWh the start of the HIV epimic the U. David Kilmnick, print of the New York LGBT Network, told Fox News HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"Donatg blood is a selfls act that helps to save liv, and this new lg is a major step toward endg the discrimatory policy on blood donatns that was rooted fear and homophobia, " he also said.

It would then be implemented by the natn’s blood llectn tablishments through an updated donor history EASES RULE AMID SHORTAGE:FDA relax rtrictns on blood donatns om gay and bisexual men durg ronavis panmicGay, bisexual men had to wa 3 monthsBlood donatn guil for gay men were first implemented as the HIV/AIDS crisis unfold the 1980s and ially nstuted a lifetime ban for gay men.

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F.D.A. RELAX BLOOD DONATN GUIL FOR GAY MEN AND OTHERS

The Food and Dg Admistratn has dropped all rtrictns specific to gay and bisexual men donatg blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and gay rights new guidance, first proposed January and falized Thursday, will not rtrict donatns based on someone's sexual orientatn or genr inty, and stead move towards an "dividual risk-based" approach to rce the risk of accintal HIV fectn through the blood donatn FDA origally banned donatns om gay and bisexual men the midst of the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis. For example, the HIV epimic has spread far beyond gay and bisexual men, wh women acuntg for roughly 1 5 new HIV diagnos the Uned Stat, acrdg to the most recent CDC data available.

FDA'S REVISED BLOOD DONATN GUIDANCE FOR GAY MEN STILL COURTS CONTROVERSY

Peter Ch-Hong, an fect disease specialist at the Universy of California, San 2015, the FDA relaxed an outright ban on donatns om gay and bisexual men, but the 2015 guidance asked men to absta om sex for at least one year before Thursday's falized guidance, every prospective donor will be asked about their sexual history wh the past three months -- regardls of their sexual orientatn. ""The FDA's cisn to follow science and issue new remendatns for all Amerins, regardls of sexual orientatn, who selflsly donate blood to help save liv, signals the begng of the end of a dark and discrimatory past rooted fear and homophobia, " Sarah Kate Ellis, the print and CEO of GLAAD, said a statement, however, took issue wh one part of the updated remendatn, which urg ferral for anyone takg HIV meditns -- cludg people who are HIV negative who are takg meditns lled PrEP to prevent ferral perd uld ntue to erect barriers to LGBTQ blood donors, she said.

For the first time, the Bin admistratn is mentg on the Food and Dg Admistratn's long-time blood donatn guil, which are impactg the LGBTQ+ muny by preventg gay and bisexual men om beg eligible blood statement, ma by a Whe Hoe official exclively to ABC News, acknowledg the paful origs of the policy and on the heels of the Amerin Red Cross clarg their first-ever natnal blood crisis last week, as suppli at hospals and blood banks bee dangeroly low. Policy holds that sexually active gay or bisexual men mt absta om sex for at least three months before they're allowed to donate blood. The le appli to gay and bisexual men who are monogamo and those who tt HIV negative and are practicg safe sex.