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HEALTH

A disconnect between quality health care and the LGBT community.

September 28, 2017 compassq Comments Off on A disconnect between quality health care and the LGBT community.

Imagine your doctor prescribing a medication that’s vital to your health, and then finding out your insurance company won’t cover it – and now you can’t afford it. Recent headlines highlighted an example of this very scenario: an insurance company refused to cover the cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a treatment regimen that is more than 90 percent effective in preventing HIV-negative individuals from contracting HIV.

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Hate speech encourages LGBT gun suicides.

September 28, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Hate speech encourages LGBT gun suicides.

It’s no secret that our country is currently witnessing a rise in hate crimes and hateful rhetoric. Whether it is coming from our elected leaders or violent white supremacists at rallies, people who are motivated by prejudice and bigotry are feeling emboldened in our current political and cultural climate.

BUSINESS

The United Nations continues push for LGBT worker’s rights.

September 27, 2017 compassq Comments Off on The United Nations continues push for LGBT worker’s rights.

In 2011, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton famously gave a United Nations speech in which she said that gay rights are human rights. Today the U.N. made clear that those rights don’t go away in the workplace — and that businesses have an obligation to support such rights in the cities, states, and countries where they operate.

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Even with all the information available, sex diseases in the US hit record high.

September 27, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Even with all the information available, sex diseases in the US hit record high.

Sexually transmitted diseases surged to a record high in the United States last year, with more than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis nationwide, officials said Tuesday. This was “the highest number ever,” said the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report released today by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  

HEALTH

Planned Parenthood wants you to be a better LGBT ally.

September 27, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Planned Parenthood wants you to be a better LGBT ally.

Planned Parenthood Toronto’s LGBTQ Youth Initiative is helping the city’s straight and cisgender youth be better allies via a multimedia campaign that launched September 26. Send the Right Message offers practical tools for supporting LGBTQ+ identities while speaking directly to young people.