Watch: The FDA will allow gay men to donate blood, as long as they haven’t had sex in a year. Alan Cumming has the solution.
Since Alan Cumming himself is bi and not gay, I feel obligated to point out that the FDA’s ban applies not just to gay men, but any man who’s had sex with another man in the past year.
ACTUALLY, it also applies to women who have had sex with bisexual/poly men who have had sex with a man/men in the past year, too! I learned that the last time I went to donate blood (years and years ago) and was turned away. It pissed me off so much that I haven’t been back since.
IT APPLIES TO ALL TRANS PEOPLE AS WELL