A few weeks ago, 500 medical professionals sent an open letter to the FDA that said: "Banning men from blood donation for at least a year since their most recent sexual encounter with a man is unscientific and based on outdated antibody-based HIV testing algorithms." Last week, I tried to donate blood.
I was rejected for being gay. We’re in the middle of a nationwide blood shortage, but gay and bisexual men are still being treated like second-class citizens.