Canada inches closer to ending gay blood ban

Canadian Blood Services has formally recommended Health Canada drop the discriminatory ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with men

In Canada, you can’t donate blood if you’re a gay or bisexual man who’s had sex with another man in the past three months. (Creative Commons)

Canadian Blood Services (CBS) has asked its regulator, Health Canada, to change its plasma and blood donation policies to allow gay and bisexual men to donate, which it may surprise you to learn is still prohibited…