Under the draft recommendations, would-be donors would be asked about their HIV status and whether they were taking medications to treat or prevent HIV.
LGBTQ+ communities feared possible violence after an increase in hateful rhetoric during midterm elections, according to GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.The Food and Drug Administration plans to further ease a decades-old prohibition on donating blood by men who have sex with men that has long been called discriminatory by LGBTQ advocates.
Previously, men who have sex with men had to abstain from any sexual activity for at least three months before donating. The new proposal would eliminate the time deferral. Anyone who exchanged sex for money or drugs or has a history of non-prescription injection drug use would still be excluded from donation, as would anyone who has tested positive for HIV. People taking oral medications to prevent HIV infection, including PrEP or PEP would be asked to defer donation for three months after their last dose, though the agency said people taking these medications should not stop them in order to donate blood.
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