Month: April 2018

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The GOP’s biggest LGBT advocate is retiring. Here’s how the party plans to move ahead.

April 14, 2018 compassq Comments Off on The GOP’s biggest LGBT advocate is retiring. Here’s how the party plans to move ahead.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuba libre in hand, was busy waxing nostalgic with former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart about their efforts to undermine Fidel Castro when the animated discussion was interrupted by Caitlyn Jenner. The world’s most recognizable advocate for transgender causes wanted to hug the retiring Miami lawmaker with a history of bucking and pushing the Republican Party on LGBT issues.

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An honest look at Procter & Gamble’s past of LGBT discrimination.

April 14, 2018 compassq Comments Off on An honest look at Procter & Gamble’s past of LGBT discrimination.

“I’d walk down the hall and get called ‘faggot’ by some folks. That’s the work environment.” That’s how P&G veteran and LGBTQ activist Michael Chanak remembers working at the company’s Cincinnati headquarters back in the 1980s. Chanak, and a core team of fellow employees, are featured in The Words Matter, a new short film created by P&G and CNN’s Great Big Story…

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Your Coachella money is going to a right-wing billionaire who funded anti-LGBT causes.

April 14, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Your Coachella money is going to a right-wing billionaire who funded anti-LGBT causes.

This weekend, hordes of music lovers and teepee enthusiasts will descend on Indio, California, for the annual Coachella Music Festival. The first big festival of the season, Coachella has a reputation for attracting the worst of the worst: entitled rich kids in knockoff Native headdresses, bankers in bindis, and these people. Think Fyre Festival, but financially solvent.

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Trump’s war on data could quietly erase LGBT crime victims.

April 13, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Trump’s war on data could quietly erase LGBT crime victims.

The Department of Justice is looking to stop asking 16- and 17-year-olds about their sexual orientation and gender identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Critics say the move is a way for legislators to leave LGBT teens out of policy decisions. 

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Whatever happened to Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay player?

April 13, 2018 compassq Comments Off on Whatever happened to Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay player?

It was the kiss seen around the world. After getting picked by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft, defensive end Michael Sam and his boyfriend celebrated with a smooch on national television. Sam had just become the first openly gay player to be drafted into the NFL.