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Health Canada will change its longstanding policy restricting gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks in Canada, CTV News has learned. The federal health agency has adopted a revised directive removing the ban on gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, effective May 8.

Health Canada is exploring whether a federal policy that restricts gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks in Canada should change, after CTV News exclusively reported on Wednesday that a gay man is taking the federal government to court over it.

A gay man is taking the federal government to court, challenging the constitutionality of a policy restricting sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks in Canada, CTV News has learned.

Justice Minister David Lametti says he will "look at" a federal policy that restricts gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks in Canada, after CTV News exclusively reported on Wednesday that a gay man is taking the federal government to court over it.

A complaint filed with the Toronto's integrity commissioner alleges Mayor John Tory had a conflict of interest when he voted to scale back the popular ActiveTO program.

A policy change years in the making, on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services’ submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community. Moving away from a blanket ban, the national blood donor organization will screen all donors based on […]

A policy change years in the making, on Thursday Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services submission to eliminate the three-month donor deferral period for gay and bisexual men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community.

The federal government has lost its attempt to block a Canadian Human Rights Commission inquiry into Health Canadas role in a policy that prohibits sexually active gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community from donating blood.

The federal government has lost its attempt to block a Canadian Human Rights Commission inquiry into Health Canadas role in a policy that prohibits sexually active gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community from donating blood.

Amid ongoing questions about why the policy that prohibits sexually active gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community from donating blood has been slow to evolve, new documents state that Health Canada has ordered two-year intervals between when the donor screening criteria could be updated.