The Food and Drug Administration recommended lifting its lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have ever had sex with another man, even once, the Huffington Post reports. Instead, the FDA’s draft guidance, which it issued May 12, proposes that gay and bisexual men be allowed to donate blood as long as they have not had sex with another man for one year.

“There is evidence that the [lifetime] deferral policy is becoming less effective over time. In addition, the policy is perceived by some as discriminatory,” reads the proposal.

The public has 60 days to weigh in on the policy before the FDA issues its final rules.

In addition, the FDA recommends that transgender donors be able to self-identify or self-report their gender at the donation site. Current donor policy regarding gender identification is based on sex assigned at birth.

Lawmakers, medical experts and LGBT advocates who spoke with the Huffington Post expressed support for easing the current lifetime restriction but stopped short of supporting the new proposal.

This draft guidance has been expected since December 2014, when the FDA first announced the intended policy change. Not satisfied with the recommended change, LGBT watchdog group GLAAD and Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) created the “Celibacy Challenge” campaign, which asks the FDA to screen donors based on their exposure to risk, not their sexual orientation.

The lifetime ban went into effect in 1985, at the beginning of the AIDS crisis. Much has changed since then regarding HIV testing and knowledge. Today, blood tests can detect the virus in as little as nine days after infection.