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The NCAA evolves to support transgender athletes.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

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.

Why straight women love gay porn.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

After working for years in the lesbian and straight porn industry, feminist porn producer and director Nica Noelle is one of few women to venture into the world of gay porn. And she’s one of fewer still to see the level of success she’s achieved there, too.

Fighting for same-sex spousal benefits in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles County resident Judith Dominguez is suing her former employer, Cherry Creek Mortgage, for refusing to provide Dominguez and her wife with spousal health insurance coverage. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Thursday and accuses Cherry Creek of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, as well as other equal protection laws.

“Beach Rats” set to heat up the Sundance Film Festival.

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Call Me By You Name, Luca Guadagino’s sun-and-tear soaked Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet-starring gay romance, might have been the breakout film of the Sundance Film Festival—even its recently released trailer earned breathless fawning on social media—but the much quieter, gritter, and, arguably, more authentic Beach Rats, which also made a splash out of Park City, is first out the gate in theaters and makes just as big a case for your attention.

The Billion Dollar Roundtable is now more inclusive.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBT community, and the USBLN (US Business Leadership Network), the disability inclusion business resource, are pleased to share that The Billion Dollar Roundtable voted to expand their criteria of diverse businesses counted toward a corporation’s billion dollar supply chain spend on diverse-owned businesses to include: certified LGBT Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs®), Service-Disabled Veteran Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (SDV-DOBE™) and Veteran-Disability Owned Business Enterprises (V-DOBEs™).

“1-800-273-8255″ is a powerful video about teen suicide prevention.

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Rapper Logic has released a moving video for his song “1-800-273-8255,” which features a young gay man coming to terms with his sexuality while faced with bullying and initial pushback from his family. Nickelodeon star Coy Stewart plays the young man who meets and falls for another boy played by Modern Family’s Nolan Gould while Oscar nominee Don Cheadle and Matthew Modine play the boys’ dads. Luis Guzmán plays the boy’s supportive coach.

Life among gay and lesbian couples looking to foster or adopt…”Finding Life”

August 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

One of the less-publicized but equally important victories to come out of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage was the now-new ability to adopt children. It would take exactly two years to the day for the court to strike down an Arkansas law that tried to uphold the ban but strike it down it did.