Ainland wrote:We do not allow men who have had six with men, to give blood within three months of having sex with a man. This is because we know that doing so would increase the chance of HIV-infected blood into the blood supply, even with screening and testing. This is based on sound scientific data. Men who have sex with men, who have not had sex within three months, are perfectly welcome and encouraged to give blood.
HIV can be passed between anyone engaging in unsafe sex. A gay couple is no more likely to get HIV than a straight couple. It would make perfect sense to block anyone who has recently had unsafe sex from donating blood, but only applying this policy to gay men is simply both non-sensible and bigoted.