As HIV and HELPS began spreading throughout the usa, stress started mounting in 1983 to forbid men who had gender along with other boys from donating blood. This generated a lifelong bar in 1986 on gay and bisexual males from giving blood.

At the time, companies advocating for gay males concerned this particular bar on blood donations would stigmatize them further and promote homophobic perceptions, in accordance with an investigations for the Milbank Quarterly.

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