Reference Source

Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM)

For Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM), blood service is American Red Cross (US); waiting period is no waiting period; condition is individual donor assessment regardless of gender or sexual orientation implemented Aug. 7, 2023; outcome is individual assessment, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

Criterion
Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM)
Blood service
American Red Cross (US) our reading
Waiting period
no waiting period
Condition
individual donor assessment regardless of gender or sexual orientation implemented Aug. 7, 2023
Outcome
individual assessment our reading
Sourceredcrossblood.org
Verified2026-08-06
Review by2027-02-02
DatasetBlood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

This change eliminated previous FDA eligibility criteria based on sexual orientation, which restricted sexually active gay and bisexual men from giving blood.

redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-06. Due for re-check by 2027-02-02. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.