During the height of the AIDS epidemic, a global trend emerged, imposing lifetime bans on blood donations from men who had sexual relations with other men. Today, this tendency is taking a significant shift, in a movement that questions the evidence behind this blanket prohibition and criticises this controversial policy for not only violating the rights to equality and dignity of LGBTIQ+ persons but also losing a significant pool of potential blood donors. Join us as we explore this critical debate through the lens of human rights law.