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Let’s stop ignoring everyday homophobia.

August 7, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Let’s stop ignoring everyday homophobia.

You’ve just finished Sunday brunch. You and your boyfriend are tired and bloated, accompanied by a clingy hangover, so pronounced that you’ve named it “Larry.” For all intents and purposes, your life reads pretty basic. But there’s a twist ― you’re a guy. Your boyfriend insists on holding your hand as you meander a downtown street, even though showing PDA gives you anxiety. You bat away the insecurity, assuming you’re in a liberal enough part of town.

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Aaron Carter identifies as bisexual.

August 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Aaron Carter identifies as bisexual.

That weight, in turn, was Carter’s bisexual preference. “When I was around 13-years-old I started to find boys and girls attractive. There were years that went by that I thought about it, but it wasn’t until I was 17-years-old, after a few relationships with girls, I had an experience with a male that I had an attraction to who I also worked with and grew up with.”

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Australia still fighting for gay marriage.

August 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Australia still fighting for gay marriage.

Hundreds of Sydneysiders have attended a rally supporting same-sex marriage, on the eve of a Liberal party room meeting on the issue. Protesters carried signs saying, “Love is about hearts not parts”, “We didn’t vote on your marriage” and “Just let my mums get married” at the event at Town Hall, organised by GetUp and Community Action Against Homophobia.

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Oakland A – Anti gay? – Go away.

August 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Oakland A – Anti gay? – Go away.

Oakland Athletics outfielder Matt Joyce has been suspended for two games without pay after using an anti-gay slur during an exchange with a fan during Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Major League Baseball’s communications department announced Joyce’s suspension would begin on Saturday.

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Russian gay rights activist facing certain death if deported to Uzbekistan

August 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Russian gay rights activist facing certain death if deported to Uzbekistan

A Russian gay rights activist is living in the “shadow of death” as authorities threaten to deport him to Uzbekistan, where homosexuality is illegal. Ali Feruz, 30, was detained and allegedly tortured for two days by the Uzbek National Security Service in 2009 and fled the country two years later.

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Can you get rid of the gay gene?

August 6, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Can you get rid of the gay gene?

AsapSCIENCE duo Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explore the genetics of being gay in their latest myth-busting YouTube video.  “Ultimately, a specific gay gene has not been found, but scientific evidence does suggest that human sexual orientation is strongly linked to genetics and tightly regulated at the molecular level,” the guys say.