Month: August 2017

WORLD NEWS

LGBT activist pepper sprayed at St. Petersburg Pride.

August 19, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LGBT activist pepper sprayed at St. Petersburg Pride.

St. Petersburg Pride was marred by violence on Saturday (12 August) after nationalist extremists attacked a group of gay rights activists calling for LGBT+ equality. 15 people were left injured when a group of men armed with pepper spray attacked activists on the Second Garden Bridge, leaving three victims requiring treatment in hospital for chemical burns, Russian outlet Fontanka reports. Around 100 activists had gathered St. Petersburg’s Field of Mars – a specially-designated “free speech zone” – to mark the city’s eighth Gay Pride on Saturday afternoon, in what organisers said was the event’s largest turnout since 2010.

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A big gay step forward for the NFL.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on A big gay step forward for the NFL.

The National Football League on Wednesday held the official launch of its LGBTQ employee affinity group, NFL Pride. The event was hosted at the league office in New York and was attended by approximately 150 people, including league commissioner Roger Goodell. The invited speakers for the afternoon were gay former professional athletes and set the stage for important conversations: MLB’s Billy Bean, former NBA center Jason Collins and former NFL offensive tackle Ryan O’Callaghan. Each of them talked about their struggles as an athlete living a secret life, their communications with current athletes, and LGBTQ-inclusion efforts they have seen work in other leagues.

ENTERTAINMENT

The $400,000 question about LGBT drinking.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The $400,000 question about LGBT drinking.

The National Institutes of Health is spending over $400,000 studying whether gender norms of masculinity and femininity lead LGBTQ individuals to drink too much. Trying to find the “meanings of intoxication” of sexual and gender minorities is the central question of a study that was awarded in late July.

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No Moscow Pride for the next 100 years.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on No Moscow Pride for the next 100 years.

A Moscow court on Aug. 17 upheld a ban against gay Pride parades for the next century. The ruling from the city court affirms a Moscow law banning public LGBT gatherings from March 2012 until May 2112, according to the BBC’s website. An appeal is expected, first to a higher court in Russia and then possibly to the European Court of Human Rights.

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Did you make OUT Magazine’s 10th Annual Power List?

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Did you make OUT Magazine’s 10th Annual Power List?

Every year, OUT magazine releases its list of most powerful LGBTQ personalities but this year is special as they celebrate the list’s 10th anniversary. This year, the magazine is profiling some of the most famous gay men and women for their ’10th Annual Power list.’ The magazine also has another list for the power rankings of prominent LGBTQ couples.

POLICIES

The NCAA evolves to support transgender athletes.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The NCAA evolves to support transgender athletes.

People working and competing in collegiate athletics are beginning to see light shed on how to navigate accommodating and supporting transgender student athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the organization that regulates the University of Nebraska at Kearney and many other athletic programs in colleges and universities across the United States, is working on legislation to dial down confusion about transgender student athlete participation in collegiate sports — a subject that’s created contention within athletics.