FDA to ban gay sperm donors

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[quote=Nephythys]WHERE in the world did I say anything about two sets of rules? I said I did not care who got offended- that we should ban anyone who could possibly taint the blood supply.[quote]

But that's the point- the blood supply *isn't* safe if your only test for banning someone is "are you gay?" That's the myth, that gay boys are all infected. They're *not*.

I think the point is that the current rules *don't* actually screen out who is "safe" with any degree of certainty. And they test all the blood, anyway.

Under the current rules, the guy having unprotected sex with prostitutes would be allowed to donate, though he'd be pretty likely to have something. Yet the gay guys in monogamous relationships are banned, though they're as safe a donor as you're going to find.

I agree, that the blood supply should be safe. I have issues with how they determine "safe" donors.

As far as the sperm donation, I think it's trying to keep gay boys from spreading "gay" genes to the next generation. Fear the sperm!!!! Never mind that most of us came from straight people.