The science of why gay blood donors were banned has not changed. The politics of why gay blood donors were banned have changed. It really is that simple.
As always that story is pretty much half-assed and incomplete. As a member of the Red Cross four gallon club I’ve seen this situation develop over half a century. The first thing missing from the story is that the problem only occurs at blood banks that pay for blood. It seems the queers are such a poorass bunch that they need the bucks to support their deadbeat lifestyle. The blood banks that don’t pay just don’t see the queers showing up in the first place. And it’s the Red Cross, secondly, not the FDeeA, who decides which donor to take. Early on they didn’t refuse queers, they just quietly took their blood and chucked it later if there was any question. But they learned how to salvage the blood by extracting platelets and/or making plasma such that suspicious blood was still somewhat useful.
I’ll still trust the Red Cross to get it right. Don’t let the nannies/ninnies at FDA discourage you from giving blood. As with anything else it’s still your responsibility to look around, be aware, watch for cleanliness, careless practices, and all the rest that goes along with staying healthy.