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President Biden, Immediately Allow Gay and Bi Men to Donate Blood

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out cabinet member in U.S. history, expanded LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination protections for federal employees, and reversed four years of anti-LGBTQ executive actions from the Trump administration, like the ban on transgender military service.These moves have been a breath of fresh air, but the Biden administration should go one step further by immediately reversing the thirty-year ban on men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood and plasma.

Biden has the power to act on this issue unilaterally, without input from Congress, by simply updating this antiquated policy of the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA).In the early 1990s, the FDA implemented a lifetime ban for MSM due to this population's greater risk of contracting HIV.

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