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The Blood Sisters, a lesbian group that began in San Diego in 1983, donated their own blood and organised blood drives to compensate for the lack of donations from gay men, who were prohibited from giving blood due to the AIDS crisis.

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The Blood Sisters, a lesbian group that began in San Diego in 1983, donated their own blood and organised blood drives to compensate for the lack of donations from gay men, who were prohibited from giving blood due to the AIDS crisis.

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