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Blood donation centres introduce gender neutral eligibility

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Many gay and bisexual men have long been excluded from donating plasma because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s. Those restrictions have been lifted as blood donor centres across the country introduce gender neutral eligibility.
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