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Americans should have more control over their data.

January 3, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Americans should have more control over their data.

If you’re ever expecting a child, Target wants to be one of the first to know. The company has invested in research to identify pregnant customers early on, based upon their purchasing behavior. Then, it targets them with ads for baby gear. While companies such as Target mine data about products their customers purchase from them (like prenatal vitamins) to send them personalized ads, many also rely on information gathered about us on the web… Read the full article HERE.

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Southern Miss loses home baseball games due to anti-LGBT law.

January 3, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Southern Miss loses home baseball games due to anti-LGBT law.

The University of Southern Mississippi has lost a three-game home series next month as Stony Brook Univ. has pulled out of the road trip due to the state’s anti-LGBT law, according to the Biloxi Sun Herald. In 2016 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned all deemed non-essential state travel to states that foster legal bigotry. In the same year Mississippi passed an anti-LGBT law masquerading as a “Religious Freedom Law” that targeted the access of gays and lesbians to businesses. Read the full article HERE.

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The LGBT economy is America’s future.

January 2, 2018 compassq Comments Off on The LGBT economy is America’s future.

Money talks. And now, more than ever, the private sector is listening to the collective voice of the LGBT community. In many ways, our dollar is as strong as our votes at the ballot box. We have fought hard to secure our rights in the name of equality, but our true equity and ability to bring about change for our community lies with our economic power. Read the full article HERE.

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America’s 100 largest churches are all anti-gay and mostly led by white men.

January 2, 2018 compassq Comments Off on America’s 100 largest churches are all anti-gay and mostly led by white men.

Merritt’s findings come from a project called Church Clarity, an organization that reports evangelical churches’ stances (or lack thereof) on LGBT equality. (We posted about them a couple of months ago when they launched.) Their most significant report yet reveals troubling, yet unsurprising, data about America’s 100 largest churches. For starters, none of them are overtly LGBTQ-affirming:… Read the full article HERE.  

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Five ways to be a better queer in 2018.

January 1, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Five ways to be a better queer in 2018.

Here are 5 New Year’s Resolutions That Will Help You and Help the LGBTQ Community. Replace the traditional New Year’s resolutions that you probably won’t keep—I know how hard it is to stick to an everyday gym routine when it’s arctic degrees outside—with something more meaningful, like committing to ways to be a better queer. Here’s a shortlist to get you started. Read the full article HERE.

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How this 100-year old company is negotiating innovative benefits for LGTBQ families.

January 1, 2018 compassq Comments Off on How this 100-year old company is negotiating innovative benefits for LGTBQ families.

Attitudes in the United States are radically and positively shifting when it comes to gay marriage, and with that change comes enthusiasm about becoming parents, too. Making space to support this in your company can also help build a winning corporate culture. Research has show how fostering an inclusive culture can help organizations make better, faster and more innovative decisions that positively effect the bottom line. Read the full article HERE.

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Not just for hookups anymore: Grindr is now a media company, too.

December 27, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Not just for hookups anymore: Grindr is now a media company, too.

The killer feature of the dating app Grindr is that it tracks the location of its users — primarily gay men — helping them find each other in places that might not be openly LGBT-friendly. Now the editors of Into, a Grindr-published queer lifestyle magazine, are finding that that capability is good for more than just finding a weekend fling. Read the full article HERE.