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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is said to be lifting a decades-long ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood, overruling a restriction dating back to the 1980s AIDS crisis.Federal guidelines are set to be proposed in the coming days, the Washington Post reported, marking a win for LGBTQIA+ rights organizations and experts who have long called the ban discriminatory.An anonymous FDA official told WaPo that the new guidelines will focus on the sexual behaviors of all people — rather than singling out gender and sexual identities — and instead measure the risk of transmitting HIV based on sexual practices alone.According to the alleged proposal, those in monogamous relationships, regardless of sexual orientation, will be eligible to donate blood as an act of public service. This means some previously prohibited from donating will be allowed to give blood for the first time since 1985. ...
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