Blood rules still sting, says gay activist

... 1977 is not eligible to donate blood. That regulation has been in place for decades due to fears around spreading HIV/AIDS through blood transfusions. In the 1990s, a Royal Commission chaired by Horace Krever looked into how blood infected with HIV ...

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