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The FDA and American Association of Blood Banks have changed their discriminatory policies to slightly less discriminatory policies against Gay and Bisexual men, and Trans Women.

Report: FDA will now allow gay men who can prove to be in monogamous relationships to donate blood.

The complete abstinence rule instituted during the pandemic will be dropped. It may be ready to further ease restrictions on gay and bisexual men who want to donate blood. "In 2020, the policies still changed, but they remained discriminatory. Now, I think we're moving in the right direction," actor and filmmaker Yuval David told CBS2's Tony Aiello on Wednesday.

David is an advocate for changing blood donation guidelines, which for many years prohibited men who have sex with men from donating blood at all, due to concerns about HIV and AIDS . "If somebody wants to do that selfless act of donating blood in order to help somebody else, their blood should be respected, their blood should be treated with science and not stigma," David said.

The FDA eased the rules in 2020 during a pandemic blood shortage, allowing gay and bisexual men who had abstained from sex for three months to donate. Now, the Wall Street Journal is reporting the abstinence rule would be dropped for gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships.