Via CTV:

A policy change years in the making, on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services’ submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men. Moving away from a blanket ban, the national blood donor organization will be able to screen all donors regardless of gender or sexuality. Instead, donors will be screened based on their sexual behaviours. Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is expected to introduce the new behaviour-based questionnaire approach by Sept. 30. It will apply to both blood and plasma donations.

Too bad the United States has recently starting sliding back into the fascism of the uninformed.

Canada is finally scrapping its outdated rule banning gay men from donating blood https://t.co/PkFHUFa3SJ #Canada

— blogTO (@blogTO) April 28, 2022