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12/23/2014
AP report: FDA to recommend end on gay blood ban! (*UPDATED with big restriction)
Huge and unexpected news on this Christmas Eve Eve:
Yay. I knew Santa would listen when I asked him for less stigma and more opportunities to spend afternoons getting woozy for a good cause.
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*Eh, it's not as good as I thought:
The FDA on Tuesday proposed to allow gay men to become blood donors if they haven't had sex with other men for a year or more.
FDA moves to amend ban on gay men's blood donation [CNBC]
I've had sex with the same one man, and only that same one man, for nearly thirteen years. But I'll still be banned? That would hardly make sense.