U.S. May Change Blood Donor Policy for Gay & Bi-Sexual Men Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email For the first time, a U.S. advisory panel is poised to recommend that the 31-year ban preventing gay and bisexual men from donating blood be revised. ( Getty ) Produced by Ellen Frankman Produced by PRI and WNYC