Month: October 2017

POLICIES

Database of gay citizens in Tajikistan a flashback to Nazi Germany.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Database of gay citizens in Tajikistan a flashback to Nazi Germany.

Authorities in Tajikistan have drawn up a register of 367 allegedly gay citizens, suggesting they would be required to undergo testing to avoid “the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases”. Details of the move was unveiled in Zakonnost, a newspaper published by Tajikistan’s state prosecutor… #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/tajikistan-gay-lesbian-register-medical-checks

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Did you hear the one about the gay, Jewish, neo-Nazi? It’s no joke.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Did you hear the one about the gay, Jewish, neo-Nazi? It’s no joke.

For 40 years, Kevin Wilshaw was a member of the National Front, a far-right and fascist group based in the United Kingdom. Wilshaw was also a bundle of contradictions: a man who professed hatred of Jews though he was Jewish on his mother’s side, and a gay man in an organization that publicly denounces homosexuality. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kevin-wilshaw-gay-jewish-neo-nazi-repents_us_59e64dd2e4b08f9f9edb2244

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Trump denies joking about Pence wanting to “hang homosexuals.”

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Trump denies joking about Pence wanting to “hang homosexuals.”

The White House is hitting back at The New Yorker magazine after an explosive profile of Vice President Mike Pence, contesting an anecdote about President Donald Trump joking that Pence wanted to “hang” homosexuals as well as other details reported in the story. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/17/trump-pence-hang-homosexuals-anti-gay-243879

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University president defends LGBT hate posters as free speech.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on University president defends LGBT hate posters as free speech.

Cleveland State University is facing backlash after its president defended the posting of hateful posters found on campus that urged LGBT students to kill themselves. The posters found in the main campus building appeared to be distributed by a group called Fascist Solutions… #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality #hate READ MORE HERE: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/cleveland-state-university-anti-lgbt-poster?utm_term=.nuZwWaoyxO#.chza30w7AR

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It’s a dead heat in the Alabama US Senate race.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on It’s a dead heat in the Alabama US Senate race.

Democrat Doug Jones — once thought to be a longshot in the Deep South — has tied Republican nominee and former judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s US Senate race, a new poll shows. The two are tied at 42% each among registered voters, the Fox News poll published Tuesday… #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.kbzk.com/story/36620944/poll-shows-tied-alabama-senate-race

POLICIES

Adoptions now available to unmarried gay couples in Ireland.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Adoptions now available to unmarried gay couples in Ireland.

Gay and heterosexual couples who have been living together for at least three years or gay couples who are in a civil partnership will be able to apply to adopt a child from tomorrow. Up to now a couple had to be married to adopt a child together. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/unmarried-gay-and-heterosexual-couples-can-now-adopt-a-child-36238410.html

HEALTH

The Smithsonian’s newest acquisition is about LGBT conversion therapy.

October 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The Smithsonian’s newest acquisition is about LGBT conversion therapy.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired archives on LGBT conversion therapy. The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., which conducts archival research and educational programs that focus on LGBT legal, political and policy history, donated works from John J. Smid… #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #Equality READ MORE HERE: http://instinctmagazine.com/post/national-museum-american-history-receives-archives-lgbt-conversion-therapy