It's being replaced with an individualised risk assessment that would mean anyone who wants to donate blood would be asked questions about their sexual behaviour. The UK recently announced it's scrapping its three month postponement for gay and bisexual men who have had the same sexual partner for more than three months. It's an idea being embraced by other countries around the world. 'So that the bar people have to jump is not the gender of their sexual partner but instead the safety of their sexual activity.'