US to lift ban on gay and bisexual men donating sperm
When individuals anonymously donate sperm or eggs–reproductive tissue–at a sperm or egg bank, the donor must meet certain requirements. Under the Food and Drug Administration’s current policy, any queer men who were sexually active in the past five years would not be permitted to donate regardless of testing for HIV, hepatitis B and other. After more than three decades of government-mandated differential treatment, on January 6 the FDA released updated draft guidelines for tissue donor eligibility for men who have sex with men MSM. The new guidelines, which still have to go through further FDA approvals before they are implemented, correct outdated policies that were written in the early s — when the medical community had an incomplete understanding of HIV, and tests for HIV and other infectious diseases like Hepatitis B were ineffective.
FDA Expected to Reverse Ban on Gay, Bisexual Sperm Donors
Should the ban be lifted, the number of anonymous sperm donors would increase for those seeking IVF treatment. The FDA hopes that lifting the ban will similarly lead to the lifting of similar bans on gay and bisexual men donating other tissues, such as blood. Find Your Next Job! The couple were not alone in their struggle to find a sperm donor that fits their desired profile. US to lift ban on gay and bisexual men donating sperm
Many doctors and fertility clinics already have been rejecting gay sperm donors, citing the pending FDA rules or existing regulations of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five years be barred from serving as an anonymous sperm donor. The FDA has rejected calls to scrap the provision, insisting that gay men collectively pose a higher-than-average risk of carrying the AIDS virus. FDA to Drop Ban on Sperm Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men
Not being allowed to donate sperm is a decision by a private company looking to market their (your) product to families. I'll play devil's advocate here and say that they want their baby to be "normal", so they won't get "gay sperm". These companies are trying to make money, and if a product doesn't sell, they won't market it. The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has announced that it will axe its long-standing ban barring gay and bisexual men from donating sperm in a landmark decision. Should the ban be lifted, the number of anonymous sperm donors would increase for those seeking IVF treatment. 
Queer men will finally be able to donate their tissue
The reason: He checked a box for being gay, and Food and Drug Administration regulations prohibit anonymous sperm donations from men who have had sex with men in the past five years. A year-old gay man was shocked to receive a rejection email from a sperm bank after he provided a semen sample, according to The Washington Post. The reason TreVaughn Roach-Carter was prohibited from donating his sperm was that he said he is gay.
Man Wanted to Donate Sperm, Rejected for Being Gay
The Food and Drug Administration is making plans to significantly expand the number of gay and bisexual men who could donate sperm anonymously. Longstanding agency rules ban anonymous sperm. . 
The Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Homophobia in U.S. Sperm
Man who wanted to be a sperm donor to help Black and LGBTQ families describes shock at receiving rejection email because he's gay, report says By Joshua Nelken-Zitser. .
FDA set to ban gay men as sperm donors
A new scientific journal article described the racial and ethnic breakdown of sperm donors and compared this to demographics from the United States census as well as sperm donor recipients. The results are surprising from a racial and ethnic perspective, but I also learned from this article that men who have sex with men (MSMs) are prohibited from donating to sperm banks in the U.S. In this. .