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@jablkoziemne@101010.pl @soatok@furry.engineer gay/bi men were heavily restricted on blood donation in the U.S. since the early 80s, due to the AIDS crisis. It was frequently worded as “men who have had sex with another man even once since 1977”. There were a number of cases of people infected with HIV via transfusion, so the policy wasn’t completely irrational in 1985. By 2005, it was just lingering homophobia. Eventually it was relaxed to “in the past 12 months”. I think the 2023 guidelines are 3 months now?