Northern Ireland lifts ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood

Northern Ireland's health minister announced on Thursday that her office is lifting a ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood, five years after the rest of the United Kingdom did the same. The rule was instated in 1981 -- thirty-five years ago -- at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic which was, erroneously, seen as a […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/06/02/northern-ireland-lifts-ban-on-gay-and-bisexual-men-donating-blood/