Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM) — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM) — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Men Who Have Had Sex With Men (MSM), 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; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
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
no waiting period
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- 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
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.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html