It's not just about statistics. For blood donations, if I had unprotected sex with a different HIV infected partner every day for a year, then stopped doing this for a year and one day, I would be eligible to donate blood.
If, however, I had sex with a man once in the last 30 years I am not eligible.
Why is it more sensible to turn away gay people then it is to turn away people who have regularly exposed themselves to HIV?
It's not. Her comment makes no sense, at least to me. Anyways, I am just curious, couldn't you just lie about your sexual orientation at the time of screening? I think it's awful that you should have to, but if your desire is to save lives, why let our backwards medical establishment get in the way? At the very least you could notify them if/when a match was found, and let the recipient decide...
If, however, I had sex with a man once in the last 30 years I am not eligible.
Why is it more sensible to turn away gay people then it is to turn away people who have regularly exposed themselves to HIV?