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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Restrictions on gay men donating blood should be scrapped, Queensland health minister says

A blood and plasma donor makes a donation
The Australian medical regulator approved a ‘plasma pathway’ approach in May that would involve applying individual risk assessments to people donating plasma. Photograph: Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images

The Queensland health minister has called on the federal government to consider scrapping restrictions that prevent most gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

In Australia sexually active gay men, bisexual men, transgender women and some non-binary people who have sex with men – including those in long-term relationships – are unable to donate blood unless they abstain from sex for three months.

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