Twitter has put a stop to hosting blood drives until the FDA amends their ban on gay and bisexual male blood donors. This comes after an employee was turned away on the basis of his sexuality.

“We made the choice to take a company stand against some of our employees being turned away from donating blood and will channel our efforts into education about this issue until this unnecessary and discriminatory policy is changed,” Brian Schipper, Twitter's VP of human resources, told The International Business Times.

The current FDA policy prohibits men who have had sex with other men since the 1977 from donating blood. New guidelines being considered alter the policy to a year of celibacy, similar to that in the UK.

"The only policies that the FDA has [are] based on a person’s identification and not any type of risky behavior that they’re engaged in," said global content manager Jim Halloran.

The social media platform has frequently been at the forefront of LGBT issues, and recently received a perfect score in HRC's Corporate Equality Index.

h/t: Pink News