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Jan 16, 2025 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Cole Williams |Cole Williams Cole

After more than three decades of government-mandated differential treatment, on January 6 the FDA released updated draft guidelines for tissue donor eligibility for men who have sex with men (MSM).

Feb 10, 2023 | thebuckeyeflame.com | Cole Williams |Rebecca Vontroba |Ryann Beaschler |Cole Williams Cole

I founded Pride and Plasma to fight for queer men and our right to give blood. It was personal. While blood centers were crying out for donations, facing a national “blood crisis,” the FDA was continuing to defer healthy donors rather than update decades old policies. Medical professionals, LGBTQ+ advocates, and politicians had been telling the FDA to stop the discriminatory practice, with a stark lack of action on the agency’s behalf.