i dont think the rule should single out gay people in particular for "high risk" activites though
personally i think it should be - if you are ANYONE (gay, straight, male, female) who has had "high risk" sex in the last year, you aren't allowed to donate
i think its stupid that usually HIV shows up on a test after 3 months of being exposed to the virus, yet they say that even if you havent had gay sex in years and have a negative test result, you cant give blood
did you know... (i think this is in the UK aswell as the US) that if a woman has any sort of sexual contact (even oral) with a man who has had sexual contact with another man, she cant give blood either?
its ridiculous!