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Seriously, who thought this was a good thing?

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

An online clothing company is under fire for creating rainbow swastika shirts in an effort to promote LGBTQ inclusivity… because never was there a greater advocate for tolerance and acceptance than Adolf Hitler. KA design unveiled the new shirts on Teespring. They feature rainbow swastikas with the words “peace,” “zen,” and “love.” In the description, the company said that they were “reclaiming” the symbol to represent LGBTQ people.

76 gay men kicked out of Kuwait.

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Kuwait has deported 76 homosexuals and shut down 22 massage parlours this year, the head of a morals committee has said. The gay men were apprehended during nationwide campaigns aimed at enforcing the law regulating massage parlours, Mohammad Al Dhufairi told the Kuwait Al Seyassah daily.

At Disney, a whole new “lesbian” world.

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Disney has introduced a multiracial two-mom family, voiced by lesbian actors. On a recent episode of the Disney Channel show Doc McStuffins, Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi each voice doll-like lesbian mothers helping their children cope after an “earthquake” shakes up their house.

Still no gay marriage in Australia.

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Australia’s ruling party on Monday rejected a push to allow lawmakers to decide whether the country should recognize gay marriage, continuing a bitter political stalemate over the divisive reform.

Supreme Court rulings matter to social acceptance.

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court certainly impact the law, but can they change an individual American’s perception of social norms? A new study suggests the answer is yes.

Oklahoma gay couple run out of town.

August 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

A gay man filed a federal suit in Oklahoma, claiming that his family was the object of verbal abuse, vandalism, and arson in an attempt to get him to leave town. Randy Gamel-Medler, 59, and his husband moved to Hitchcock, Oklahoma, in 2016 with their seven-year-old son. Gamel-Medler is white and his son is African American.

In Phoenix – DOJ gotta go away!

August 7, 2017 compassq Comments Off

The US Department of Justice challenge of LGBT employment rights has nothing to do with Phoenix, according to Mayor Greg Stanton. “Our city ordinance would govern in the City of Phoenix,” Stanton told KTAR. The DOJ has challenged Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin and religion. But the DOJ is basically arguing that under federal law it is not illegal to fire an employee based on his or her sexual orientation.