Day: December 14, 2020

Dec 14
New Zealand’s ‘Gay Blood Ban’ Reduced to Three Months

The ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men will be reduced from twelve months to three and will come into effect today. The most significant changes in decades to blood donation laws in New Zealand will come into effect today in a new announcement from the NZ Blood Service (NZBS) Until […]

Dec 14
Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Covid-19

DeGeneres becomes one of the most high-profile LGBT celebrities to test positive for the virus. Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for Covid-19. The 62-year-old took to Twitter to tell her fans of the diagnosis. “Hi everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for COVID-19,” DeGeneres wrote in […]

Dec 14
Homophobic US Lawmaker Who Resigned For Making Anti-Gay Slurs Is Re-Elected

John Mandt Jr, a lawmaker in the US state of West Virginia, has been re-elected despite his earlier resignation this year for allegedly saying “silly faggots, and dicks are for chicks!” 57-year-old John Mandt Jr withdrew after he reportedly commented on a Facebook group chat called “The Right Stuff,” (which included conservative state lawmakers and […]