Blood Mirror is a sculpture and collaborative project, created with 59 blood donations from gay, bisexual, and transgender men, that advocates for equality and protests the U.S. government's stigmatizing and discriminatory blood ban.* Blood Mirror was created in two phases between 2014 and 2016. The first phase involved an extraordinary group of nine individuals, each with unique life experiences and perspectives, highlighting the hypocrisy and repercussions of the ban and the importance of full equality. The second phase combined blood from a community of 50 PrEP advocates, each of whom donated a single tube of blood – 50 tubes equals a full pint, the amount in a standard blood donation. The blood in the sculpture is encased in resin and fully preserved, archiving the blood and ensuring that the organic material will not change over time. Viewers can enter the sculpture and see themselves reflected in blood that could have been used for life-saving purposes.

*In 1983, in an early response to the AIDS crisis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implemented a lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. More than 30 years later, in December 2015, the FDA updated its policy to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood, but only if they are celibate for a full year. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and due to massive blood shortages, the FDA updated the policy, allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood if they are celibate for three months. There was no celibacy requirement for heterosexuals, regardless of their risk for contracting HIV. In May 2023, the FDA announced new recommendations for blood donation eligibility, still affecting most in the LGBTQI+ community. Advocates argue that the new policy is biased, remains out of line with current medical science, effectively excludes MSM donors, and continues to stigmatizes LGBTQI+ individuals. A UCLA Williams Institute study found that lifting the ban completely could save up to a million lives annually.