Month: January 2018

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Grindr purchased by mobile gaming company.

January 6, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Grindr purchased by mobile gaming company.

Mobile gaming company Kunlun Group Ltd. Friday announced the completion of its purchase of Grindr LLC, the West Hollywood-based gay social network, from its founder and CEO Joel Simkhai, who will exit the company. Yahui Zhou, chairman of the board of Grindr, will serve as the interim CEO. Grindr’s current vice chairman, Wei Zhou, was named executive vice- chairman and chief financial officer, and former Facebook and Instagram veteran Scott Chen will join Grindr as chief technology officer, effective immediately. Read the full article HERE.

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Planned Parenthood expands transgender service.

January 6, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Planned Parenthood expands transgender service.

Sexual health care Planned Parenthood is offering hormone therapy to transgender people in more states. The non-profit healthcare provider has long been a bogeyman for Republicans because it gives women access to contraception, tools for safe sex and access to abortion. Read the full article HERE.

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Inside Cuba’s LGBT revolution.

January 6, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Inside Cuba’s LGBT revolution.

The Malecon, a historic esplanade stretching along Havana’s coast, comes alive at sunset. The whole city comes together to chat, drink and listen to music, as Soviet-era Ladas and Chevrolets rattle past, ferrying tourists from one side of the city to the other. Along the boulevard, constructed in the 1900s for affluent middle-classes, a same-sex couple steal a kiss. A trans woman sits on the sea wall, chatting to friends. One man dances with another. Read the full article HERE.

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Joan Rivers jokes about her summer in Fire Island in 1969.

January 5, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Joan Rivers jokes about her summer in Fire Island in 1969.

We just stumbled upon this Joan Rivers interview from The Dick Cavett Show. In the interview, which originally aired on Sept. 16, 1969, Rivers reveals that she used to vacation in one of America’s most well-known gay enclaves, Fire Island. Cavett asks Rivers where she was all summer, as she wasn’t in New York City. “Mainly Fire Island, and I certainly wouldn’t run into you there,” she quips. Cavett responds, “Not under my real name.” Read the full article HERE.

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Mike Pence, meet the gay side-eye.

January 5, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Mike Pence, meet the gay side-eye.

It’s a picture that speaks a thousand words. On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence swore in Doug Jones as Alabama’s newest U.S. senator after his surprise victory last month over controversial candidate Roy Moore. Jones’ gay son, Carson Jones, stood by his father’s side for the historic moment, and gave the vice president — who has been outspoken about his anti-gay views — a withering look. Read the full article HERE.

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2017 – A record year for LGBT visibility in sports.

January 5, 2018 compassq Comments Off on 2017 – A record year for LGBT visibility in sports.

It was a banner year for LGBTQ people coming out in sports, as Outsports recorded 180, a high in the five years since we’ve been compiling the list. This list does not mean that the person came out for the first time in 2017, but that they made their sexual orientation or gender identity public in the media for the first time. Read the full article HERE.