Gay men's health group and ad agency part­ner say FDA blood do­na­tion pro­pos­al 'still falls short'

The FDA’s re­cent pro­pos­al to change re­stric­tions on gay men and blood do­na­tions grabbed head­lines and ku­dos. Af­ter all, it would mark the re­moval of blan­ket re­stric­tions for men who have sex with men since those en­act­ed 40 years ago.

The Gay Men’s Health Cri­sis (GMHC) and FCB Health New York to­geth­er cre­at­ed the “Blood Equal­i­ty” ad cam­paign sev­en years ago to push for the re­moval of re­stric­tions for gay and bi­sex­u­al men do­na­tions, and while they agree it’s a pos­i­tive step, they al­so agree it “still falls short,” said Mike De­vlin, ex­ec­u­tive cre­ative di­rec­tor at FCB Health New York.

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