Month: May 2018

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Broadway’s “Angels In America” offering $5 tickets to LGBT, HIV/AIDS organizations.

May 21, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Broadway’s “Angels In America” offering $5 tickets to LGBT, HIV/AIDS organizations.

“We wanted to be able to share ‘The Great Work’ with those in the community who are actually doing The Great Work.” Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork set at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, is back on Broadway 25 years after its New York premiere. An epic in two parts, the play responds to the Reagan administration…

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Pro soccer in the U.S. has embraced LGBT Pride nights.

May 21, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Pro soccer in the U.S. has embraced LGBT Pride nights.

With LGBT Pride season heating up, teams in Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League are holding special nights for their fans. In the MLS, 16 of the 23 teams have Pride nights on their schedule. In the NWSL, eight of the nine teams have such a night, with the holdout once again being the Washington Spirit…

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LGBT students face heartbreaking treatment at an Oregon high school.

May 21, 2018 compassq Comments Off on LGBT students face heartbreaking treatment at an Oregon high school.

Last month, a professor at Willamette University College of Law reached out to our office for help on a case her student-run legal clinic had been working on. It was, Professor Warren Binford said, one of the worst cases of discrimination at a school that she had ever seen in Oregon.

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LGBT-friendly American preacher takes royal wedding to church: “love is the only way”.

May 20, 2018 compassq Comments Off on LGBT-friendly American preacher takes royal wedding to church: “love is the only way”.

You better preach, Bishop Michael Curry. The first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Curry gave a ceremony-stealing sermon earlier today during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The American bishop’s presence was notable given that royal wedding sermons are traditionally delivered by senior clergy from…

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Man attends his first Gay Pride after coming out at 85: “I regret being such a sissy”.

May 20, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Man attends his first Gay Pride after coming out at 85: “I regret being such a sissy”.

A moving 5 Gum campaign shows how Martin is inspiring younger generations. It’s never too late to be yourself. As part of an inspirational video series for 5 Gum’s new #NoRegrets campaign, Martin, an 86-year-old photographer, explains why he waited until he was 85 to finally come out as gay.

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Maryland become the next state to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ for minors.

May 20, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Maryland become the next state to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ for minors.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill to prohibit health professionals from practicing “gay conversion therapy” on minors. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill into law on Tuesday to prohibit health professionals from practicing “gay conversion therapy” on minors, as a growing number of states and municipalities are banning it.