So, the question remains, why is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still using this homophobic restriction against gay men? As long as you identify as a woman, it is so according to the Red Cross. This rule also applies to trans men (a female who lives as a man), but it doesn’t apply to Trans women (a male who lives as a woman). Currently gay and bisexual men that have had sex with a man in the last three months cant donating blood in the US. With the Red Cross declaring it’s first ever Blood Crisis, it is time to get rid of the donation restrictions on gay and bisexual men.
