Fai, medil groups and sperm banks are askg the agency to make easier for gay and bisexual men to be donors
Contents:
- WHY GAY MEN AND OTHER GROUPS ARE BANNED OM DONATG SPERM
- FDA SET TO BAN GAY MEN AS SPERM DONORS
- MAN WHO WANTED TO BE A SPERM DONOR TO HELP BLACK AND LGBTQ FAI SCRIB SHOCK AT RECEIVG REJECTN EMAIL BEE HE'S GAY, REPORT SAYS
WHY GAY MEN AND OTHER GROUPS ARE BANNED OM DONATG SPERM
Learn about feral regulatns related to blood donatn by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and Genr non-nformg (LGBTQ+) dividuals. * can you donate sperm if you are gay *
The reason: He checked a box for beg gay, and Food and Dg Admistratn regulatns prohib anonymo sperm donatns om men who have had sex wh men the past five years.
A Washgton Post analysis found Black sperm donors reprent ls than 2 percent of all sperm donors at the untry’s four largt a gay Black man, Roach-Carter said he chose to donate sperm part to aid other LGBTQ upl tryg to build fai. Seattle Sperm Bank said turned away a “really great ndidate” the sprg bee he disclosed he was gay. To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Dg Admistratn is about to implement new l remendg that any man who has engaged homosexual sex the prev five years be barred om servg as an anonymo sperm FDA has rejected lls to scrap the provisn, sistg that gay men llectively pose a higher-than-average risk of rryg the AIDS vis.
Crics acce the FDA of stigmatizg all gay men rather than adoptg a screeng procs that foc on high-risk sexual behavr by any would-be donor, gay or straight.
FDA SET TO BAN GAY MEN AS SPERM DONORS
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“Unr the l, a heterosexual man who had unprotected sex wh HIV-posive prostut would be OK as a donor one year later, but a gay man a monogamo, safe-sex relatnship is not OK unls he’s been celibate for five years, ” said Leland Traiman, director of a clic Alameda, Calif., that seeks gay sperm donors.
MAN WHO WANTED TO BE A SPERM DONOR TO HELP BLACK AND LGBTQ FAI SCRIB SHOCK AT RECEIVG REJECTN EMAIL BEE HE'S GAY, REPORT SAYS
Although there is disagreement over whether the FDA guile regardg gay men will have the force of law, most doctors and clics are expected to observe . It is likely to affect some lbian upl who want a child and prefer to e a gay man’s sperm for artificial sematn.