You should not give blood if you have AIDS or have ever had a positive HIV test, or if you have done something that puts you at risk for becoming infected with HIV.
You are at risk for getting infected if you:
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are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977
The highest risk group is currently prostitutes. Because economics tends to force the least employed people into prostitution, black women are currently the largest growing risk group for HIV/AIDS. Prostitution is genuinely risky behaviour as far as sexually transmitted diseases are concerned, that's why "sex for money" or "sex for drugs" is in the group that should not donate.
Just being a gay man is not actually any more risky than being a black woman, though.
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Date: 2007-08-02 09:04 pm (UTC)What it specifically says is:
You should not give blood if you have AIDS or have ever had a positive HIV test, or if you have done something that puts you at risk for becoming infected with HIV.
You are at risk for getting infected if you:
SNIP
are a male who has had sexual contact with another male, even once, since 1977
The highest risk group is currently prostitutes. Because economics tends to force the least employed people into prostitution, black women are currently the largest growing risk group for HIV/AIDS. Prostitution is genuinely risky behaviour as far as sexually transmitted diseases are concerned, that's why "sex for money" or "sex for drugs" is in the group that should not donate.
Just being a gay man is not actually any more risky than being a black woman, though.