Month: January 2018

SPORTS

Kenworthy proud to represent U.S., LGBT community in the Winter Olympics.

January 12, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Kenworthy proud to represent U.S., LGBT community in the Winter Olympics.

Kenworthy, an Olympic silver medal winner in the ski slopestyle at Sochi, came out in a cover story for ESPN The Magazine to become the first openly gay action sports athlete. “I had set myself up for the worst case scenario,” he told Reuters by telephone from his winter base in Colorado. Read the full article HERE.

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Where is the outrage? Is using an anti-gay slur OK if it’s against a Republican?

January 12, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Where is the outrage? Is using an anti-gay slur OK if it’s against a Republican?

Chelsea Handler is under fire for a tweet about South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, where she implied that the politician is gay and is being blackmailed by the Trump administration because of it. “Holy f— f—. I just the video of trump’s bipartisan ‘meeting’ yesterday. Hey @LindseyGrahamSC what kind of d–k-sucking video do they have on you for you 2 be acting like this? Read the full article HERE.

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Gay spouses have rights in all EU countries, says European court adviser.

January 11, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Gay spouses have rights in all EU countries, says European court adviser.

The rights of same-sex spouses must be recognised by every member of the EU, even if a country’s government has not authorised gay marriage, the European court of justice has been advised. In what has been hailed as a major step forward for equal rights, Melchior Wathelet, a Belgian advocate general in… Read the full article HERE.

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Gay and bisexual men in Isreal can now donate blood without delay, but not in the U.S.

January 11, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Gay and bisexual men in Isreal can now donate blood without delay, but not in the U.S.

Israel announced Monday that it would be lifting a ban on gay and bisexual male blood donors, a change that has not been made in the United States. Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom devised a “double testing” system that allows blood banks to… Read the full article HERE.

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Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalization.

January 11, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalization.

A Latin American human rights court said on Tuesday that countries in the region should legalize same-sex unions, endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite opposition from the Roman Catholic Church. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ decision came in response to a petition submitted two years ago by… Read the full article HERE.

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The Air Force expelled her in 1955 for being a lesbian. Now, at 90, she is fighting back.

January 11, 2018 compassq Comments Off on The Air Force expelled her in 1955 for being a lesbian. Now, at 90, she is fighting back.

The barracks were thick with anxious whispers and rumors, but she figured there was nothing incriminating about leaving the air base for a sandwich. On a Friday night in 1955, Airman Second Class Helen Grace James and another female service member left the field after work for dinner in a nearby town… Read the full article HERE.