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Gay men in Canada can now donate blood, but there’s a catch: You must not have had sex with another man in the last five years. The Canadian Blood Services have approved the measure, and are hoping to implement it as soon as mid-summer.

Via a We The People online petition, GMHC will force President Barack Obama to pressure the FDA to reform their policy against gay men donating blood.

Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies-the equal of the U.S. Congress-has passed a bill that would make it legal for gays and lesbians to donate blood.

The lifelong ban on gay men donating blood has been lifted in Great Britain, numerous news sites reported. In its place is a requirement that men who have sex with men wait for one year after a same-sex encounter to donate blood.

Great Britain has lifted a lifetime blood donation ban on gay men, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men (MSM), substituting a year-long ban instead.

The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.