Discrimination due to sexual orientation Prohibition against donating blood for risk groups A study was conducted on behalf of the European Commission in order to clarify the effects of risky sexual behaviour by blood donors in respect of the safety of blood transfusions. According to this study, there is currently no information available that would provide a reason to change the current recommendations. In Annual Report 2010, the AOB reported on the case of two men who felt discriminated against because homosexual men were generally prohibited from donating blood. The European Commission had a study conducted on this subject in Risk Behaviour Study order to scientifically clarify the effects of risky sexual behaviour by blood donors in respect of the safety of blood transfusions. The results became available in April 2012. In October 2012, a corresponding resolution was discussed in the Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe, but had not yet been adopted. The Federal Ministry of Health affirmed the position that it continued No change to be the decisive factor for them to not view certain groups of persons as a particular risk but to determine and evaluate individual risk behaviour. The study shows that there are currently no epidemiological data that appear to support a change in the existing recommendations. The efforts of the Federal Ministry of Health to achieve impartiality and objectivity should be applauded. Individual case: VA-BD-GU/0047-A/1/2009 81