UK's Blanket Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood May be Amended (Care2) 
Reports suggest the United Kingdom's current policy banning gay men from donating blood is to be amended so that gay men who have not had same-gender sex for a decade can now legally donate.
Ministers are said to be contemplating changing the policy based on legal advice that a blanket ban is likely unlawful under Britain's equality laws.
But why specifically a ten year period?
From Pink News:
"While donated blood is screened for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, a small number of infected donations are missed due to the time between infection with HIV and it being detected in blood tests."
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