Howard, Jacqueline. "FDA to re-evaluate controversial gay blood ban." CNN.

Cable News
Network, 28 July 2016. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

This article outlines the supposed reevaluation of the FDA ban. The article details
researcher such as Gary Gates who find that there are scholarly people who support
discontinuing the ban saying,
There are experts who suggest that there are screening strategies that yield a safe blood
supply but do not rely on blanket bans of segments of the population [.] (Howard)
Its been almost since this article was made yet no updates have been given and many
people have once again forgotten this bans existence. This article is good because it
provides evidence and direct reports on the evaluation they claimed would take place.

Zhang, Sarah. "Why Most Gay Men Still Arent Allowed to Donate Blood." Wired. Conde Nast,
12 June 2016. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

This article talks about the medical standpoint of why the gay blood ban exists while
simultaneously tearing it down. It speaks of the willingness to ban homosexual men who
may or may not be infected while letting heterosexual men who have multiple female
sexual partners tone free regardless of the fact that they both run risk. It was very hard to
find a counter argument but this article does detail the medical reasons for the ban so alng
with the academic journal I think I can make it work.

PBS, News Hour. "Why so many gay and bisexual men can't donate blood in the U.S." PBS.
Public Broadcasting Service, 20 Aug. 2016. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

PBS features an article about the controversial Gay blood ban and also shows
interviewing Sam Brenton, a bisexual man who speaks out about the injustice of being
unable to donate to people just like him. Being bisexual he describes the fact that if he
were to sleep with random women for a year, there would be not issue. However, if he
were to sleep with his current boyfriend he would be denied the opportunity to help
someone in need. I think this article would be useful because of the personal testimony
from Sam, it will be a nice touch to the paper.

BAYER, RONALD. "Science, Politics, and the End of the Lifelong Gay Blood Donor Ban."
Milbank Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 2, June 2015, pp. 230-233. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/1468-
0009.12114.

This academic journal provides a detailed object timeline of the gay blood bland. It
features the discovered connection between HIV and Aid and the aftermath which was
the lifetime ban on homosexual blood. It also depicts the sequence in how the ban was
amended from lifetime to a 1 year restriction. I like this link because it holds absolutely
not bias and I can be very precise in my evidence from this writing.
Secretarys Minority AIDS Initiative Fund . "HIV Test Types." AIDS.gov. U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

Provided the HIV testing types is very important for the simple fact that the only reason
the yearlong ban still stands is because the difficulty in detecting blood. However, new
technology would allow for Antibody testing which can take 3-12 weeks (30 min or less
for a rapid antibody test. Combination test can take anywhere from 2-6 weeks for HIV to
be detected in the blood and Nucleic acid test can detect after 7 for 28 days all of which
are significantly less than a year.

Prez-Pea, Lizette Alvarez and Richard. "Orlando Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50
Dead." The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 June 2016. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

I felt the need to include this article because the incident in Orlando is what made people
remember. This is not an old law, it still exist today. The Orlando shooting sparked an old
controversial conversation about a law many people didnt know about or deluded
themselves into thinking it didnt matter and its almost forgotten yet again.