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Commentary – LGBT voters don’t have to support every LGBT candidate.

January 22, 2018 compassq Comments Off

When Chelsea Manning announced she was running for the U.S. Senate, I knew I would be writing an article about it, even though I didn’t really want to. Within minutes of her announcing her Senate run, the bad takes were flying. Those who were not even fans of Chelsea were having to stomp down on the hateful and deliberate misgendering, which has to be lowest-hanging fruit to attack a trans person they don’t like; like we’ve never been called “it” before.

“Armed gays don’t get bashed”…Why the LGBT community should be armed.

January 13, 2018 compassq Comments Off

Breitbart Tech recently had the opportunity to speak with Pink Pistols spokeswoman and California coordinator Nicki Stallard, who explained why the LGBT community should embrace the Second Amendment. The Pink Pistols describe themselves as a group “dedicated to the legal, safe, and responsible use of firearms for self-defense of the sexual-minority community,” helping LGBT individuals who want to learn how to shoot. Read the full article HERE.

Coming out as a Republican to my democrat family went worse than coming out gay.

January 10, 2018 compassq Comments Off

I am not a sex offender. But a number of my friends no longer have time to see me. Lifelong acquaintances now regard me with fear and distrust. I have been unfriended en masse on social media and excoriated by friends who deign to remain. And I have been singly excluded from social gatherings when the rest of my family was invited. Read the full article HERE.

Americans should have more control over their data.

January 3, 2018 compassq Comments Off

If you’re ever expecting a child, Target wants to be one of the first to know. The company has invested in research to identify pregnant customers early on, based upon their purchasing behavior. Then, it targets them with ads for baby gear. While companies such as Target mine data about products their customers purchase from them (like prenatal vitamins) to send them personalized ads, many also rely on information gathered about us on the web… Read the full article HERE.

Bashing gays is a bad political strategy.

December 31, 2017 compassq Comments Off

As the 2018 election campaign is set to begin in earnest, a leading gay-rights advocacy group has some advice for Pennsylvania office-seekers: Don’t think you can win by running roughshod over LGBT citizens. “Likely voters across Pennsylvania overwhelmingly support LGBTQ-inclusive policies and are less likely to vote for a candidate who does not,” says a Dec. 29 release of polling data compiled for the Human Rights Campaign. Read the full article HERE.

Looking back on 2017 in HIV/AIDS, and what’s in store for 2018.

December 30, 2017 compassq Comments Off

I can safely say this was a year for the record books, and in some ways that we’d never expected. Given the Trump administration and the Paul Ryan (R-WI)/Mitch McConnell (R-KY)-led House and Senate efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, we were in danger of losing so much ground. Read the full article HERE.

The Russian Facebook scandal damages liberals as much as the right.

December 27, 2017 compassq Comments Off

December is the month for retrospectives about the year’s most interesting news stories, and my nominee is the tale of the Russian Facebook advertisements, which burned across front pages a few months ago. The ads in question were memes, manufactured and posted to a number of bluntly named… Read the full article HERE.