Abstract
The indefinite deferral for MSM even once since 1977 was instituted in the United States in the early 1980s, before the causal agent for AIDS was identified, when MSM was noted to be a particularly high-risk group. The Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS) followed suit, and this criterion was in place in Canada until July 2013, when both Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebecchangedtoa5-yeardeferralfromlastMSM contact. Although from a practical perspective, this change will allow few gay men to donate blood, it is nonetheless significant, as it is the first change to be made to this policy since it was implemented more than 25 years
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