FDA eas blood donatn ban on gay men after s of rtrictn - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH
• BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• BIN ADMISTRATN SPEAKS OUT ON FERAL BLOOD DONATN POLICY IMPACTG GAY MEN AMID NATNAL BLOOD SHORTAGE
• WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?
• THE 100% ACCURATE GAY TT ?️‍?
• BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN HAVE LONG BEEN RTRICTED AS BLOOD DONORS. A NEW STUDY COULD CHANGE THAT
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL
• WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?
• FDA'S REVISED BLOOD DONATN GUIDANCE FOR GAY MEN STILL COURTS CONTROVERSY
• FDA EAS BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER YEARS OF PROTT

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HEALTH

In orr to gather data related to the possibily of g an dividual risk asssment behavr-based health history qutnnaire the U.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. Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life. However, pared to other men, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men are addnally affected by:.

There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs. Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners.

In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010. In 2012, 75% of reported syphilis s were among gay and bisexual men.

BLOOD DONATN BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas. Most gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men get HIV by havg anal sex, which is the riskit type of sex for gettg or spreadg HIV.

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

Which tts are remend to help ensure the sexual health of gay and bisexual men? All sexually active gay and bisexual men should be tted regularly for STDs.

WHICH UNTRI PROHIB GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN OM DONATG BLOOD?

CDC remends sexually active gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men tt for:.

THE 100% ACCURATE GAY TT ?️‍?

CDC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health Servic page has rourc that n help you fd health re provirs that are skilled providg health servic to gay and bisexual men.

BLOOD DONOR L TO BE RELAXED FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ENGLAND

The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer. People who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) are members of every muny.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN HAVE LONG BEEN RTRICTED AS BLOOD DONORS. A NEW STUDY COULD CHANGE THAT

Current Food and Dg Admistratn (FDA) policy allows for gay and bisexual men to donate blood 3 months after their most recent sexual ntact wh another man if they meet all other eligibily creria.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE NOW ALLOWED TO DONATE BLOOD IN ENGLAND, STLAND AND WAL

27, 2023, FDA issued a draft guidance that propos to elimate the tomatic 3-month ferral of gay and bisexual men based on the agency analysis of the current data on HIV transmissn.

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.

WHAT ARE THE BLOOD DONATN L GLOBALLY FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN?

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. It also clus gay and bisexual COVID-19 survivors who wish to donate nvalcent plasma, rich wh antibodi, for rtrictn on blood donatns me out of the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, when limed ttg technology and pacy existed to screen blood for HIV.

In 1983, the FDA implemented a lifetime ban on blood donatns om all men who had sex wh men after FDA removed the lifetime ban and enacted a 12-month ferral perd 2015, meang gay or bisexual men had to absta om havg sex wh other men for at least 12 months before donatg blood. Back the 1980s, the FDA placed rtrictns on blood donatns by gay men. When the ban was started, 1985, blood banks had limed abili to tt blood products, so they banned donatns om several groups who were found to have higher rat of HIV disease, cludg gay men.

Has still mataed a fairly regrsive policy that a lot of people believe puts irratnal or homophobic rtrictns on who uld donate blood. In 2015, the ban was changed to one year, meang a gay man would have to absta om sexual activy for a full year orr to donate blood. And many people have regard even this ls rtrictive ban as a homophobic and outdated procs.

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

For many gay and bisexual man, is still effectively a ban. Many people fd this nature of the ban—the difference l for gay vers straight people—homophobic, and kd of appropriate given where the science and need is. The rat of HIV are, unfortunately, higher gay and bisexual men than lbians.

For example, a gay man a monogamo relatnship would be at low risk of HIV acquisn, but still be banned om blood donatn currently.

FDA EAS BLOOD DONATN BAN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AFTER YEARS OF PROTT

Ernment gog om 12 months to three months rtrictns for gay men, but the realy is that is still a rtrictn on a lot of people who would be willg participants om donatg blood.

There may be gay men who have revered om COVID-19 and terted donatg their plasma, potentially wh valuable antibodi their plasma. It scribed how the disease attacks the immune system and listed the groups most at risk, cludg gay men who had several sexual partners and traveno dg ers. But on June 14th Bra swched to an dividual risk-asssment system for all as scientists have learned more about HIV/AIDS— is transmted via bodily fluids and n afflict people of any sexualy—many untri have remaed ut about blood donatn by gay and bisexual men.