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Eighty members of Congress have asked that a federal policy that bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood be changed by the end of the year. (Photo courtesy of Department of Defense 2014)

Gay blood-donor ban under review

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Wyatt Tan (left) and Mark Nomadiou, both of New York City, kiss in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, before the start of a court hearing on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the second of back-to-back gay-marriage cases, the high court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Gay men mobilize to lift ban on donating blood; activists cite more awareness of HIV

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times