Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (indefinite deferral) from 1983 to Dec 21, 2015.
According to the Red Cross, if any man has had any sexual relations with another man, they WILL NOT qualify for a blood donation. Though the FDA deferral impacts all MSMs who have had sex with a man since 1977, the policy did not go into effect until 1983. The policy applied retroactively to 1977.
Sources: fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVacci…
www.redcross.org