I didn’t even know that was a restriction. I’m curious about why the change (outside of the obvious equality reasons, of course). Is there a national shortage or something?
That was the biggest thing that annoyed me about the blood donation questions. They’d advertise “there’s a MASSIVE shortage of blood and YOU can SAVE a LIFE!” but then the eligibility questions would ask about your sexuality. Clearly the shortage wasn’t dire enough if you can afford to be homophobic about it.
"Aziz challenged the policy in 2023. "
I meant more of “I wonder why Health Canada changed their policy before the case was heard in court” but fair enough, I’m not complaining that they managed to get that policy reversed (and especially in just three years. Normally that sorta thing is glacial)
Good! Have they done it for blood yet?
In general, yes:
"September 11, 2022
Eligibility questions specific to men who have sex with men have been removed. Instead, all donors are asked if they’ve had new and/or multiple sexual partners in the last three months. If they have, they are then asked a follow-up question about whether they’ve had anal sex with any partner in the last three months."
