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Health Canada Ditches Barriers for Gay Sperm Donors

Health Canada Drops Final Barriers to Sperm Donation by Gay and Bisexual Men Health Canada's recent decision to drop questions about sexual behavior from its sperm donation screening process marks a significant step towards dismantling discriminatory policies that have long plagued the LGBTQ+ community.

For years, gay and bisexual men have been effectively barred from donating sperm due to outdated assumptions about their supposed higher risk of HIV transmission.

The policy change was prompted by a three year legal battle led by Aziz M. , a Toronto man who has been donating sperm since 2014.

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