Scott Olson

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Scott Olson is a senior at Grinnell College studying Anthropology and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. He is in the process of completing his senior thesis on BDSM and leather communities in Chicago, and hopes to continue this research within an Anthropology Ph.D. program after graduating from Grinnell.

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Stay Positive: A Radical Alternative to the Gay Blood Ban

By Scott Olson • January 22, 2015

In December last year, the FDA lifted its longtime policy of deferring any blood or tissue donations coming from men who have had sex with other men at any time since 1977. The new policy defers only those men who have had sex with other men within one year of donation. This might seem like… Read more →