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The Point Foundation continues its tradition of educating LGBT students with A-list celebrity support.

October 10, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The Point Foundation continues its tradition of educating LGBT students with A-list celebrity support.

More than 450 guests and celebrities filled the Beverly Hilton Hotel to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students at Point Honors Los Angeles. Point Foundation (Point), the evening’s beneficiary, is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students. The gala evening also included an announcement by Wells Fargo of $1.8 million in continued support for Point.

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Old-timey words for queer people for LGBT History month.

October 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Old-timey words for queer people for LGBT History month.

People have come up with some interesting terms to describe gay and bisexual people over the last few centuries. While I could fill up a lake with slang terms for queer people, I find the non-slang terms more interesting because it means that someone was taking us seriously, but sometimes from a strange point of view.

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30 years of being “open and affirming” to people of any and all sexual orientations.

October 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off on 30 years of being “open and affirming” to people of any and all sexual orientations.

The Year 1987 saw President Ronald Reagan challenge Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall. Microsoft released Windows 2.0, the Dow Jones broke the 2,500 mark for the first time, and a church in Boulder crossed a threshold no congregation of its denomination in the state had bridged before.

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San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus kicks off southern states tour.

October 7, 2017 compassq Comments Off on San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus kicks off southern states tour.

Thomas Kennard is among the handful of transgender singers in the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus — and proud to be one of its lowest basses. “People say, ‘I thought you would be a tenor,’” Kennard says, demonstrating the guttural depths of his range.

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A timeline of LGBT history.

October 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on A timeline of LGBT history.

Here is some background information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender milestones in the United States. Timeline:1924 – The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. It is the first documented gay rights organization.