Brazil has now lifted restrictions on gay and bi men giving blood.

Brazilian Supreme Court judge Edson Fachin, pictured here in 2018, said the restrictions on gay and bi men donating blood were 'based on prejudice and discrimination'. (Photo: VICTORIA SILVA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Supreme Court in Brazil has thrown out decades-old restrictions on gay and bisexual men giving blood in a decision hailed as a human-rights victory for LGBT+ people in the country.

The court said that the ban on gay and…