Earlier this month, Lukus Estok, 26, was waiting to be seen at the New York Blood Center to donate blood plasma. He was eager and excited because he hadn’t donated blood since he was in high school, before he was 18.
Despite having had multiple phone calls, person-to-person screenings, and blood tests, Estok was turned away simply because he was gay.Upon hearing of his sexual identity, the person administering the screening allegedly replied, "Well, you will not be donating today..." Since 1983,