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But medical progress and political progress are asymmetrical. Three decades later, HIV/AIDS is a chronic condition, and advances in diagnostics have made it possible to detect infection within as few as nine days of exposure. The lifetime ban was implemented during the early 1980s to help stem the spread of AIDS, which doctors had no way to diagnose or treat at the time. For gay men in America, it is still easier to purchase an assault rifle than to donate blood. ![]() Gay men could now give blood, the agency announced-but only if they’ve been celibate for a year beforehand. Last December, the Food and Drug Administration lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men (often referred to as MSM). There were many gay men who would have liked to help but couldn’t. ![]() Subscribe to our print magazine.īy the early afternoon on June 12, hours after a gunman slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, hundreds of sympathizers had lined up to donate blood to the 53 young men and women who had survived the shooting. Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter.
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