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100+ ‘gay-friendly’ Catholic colleges – who knew?

August 2, 2017 compassq Comments Off on 100+ ‘gay-friendly’ Catholic colleges – who knew?

New Ways Ministry began publishing a “gay-friendly” parish list 20 years ago and had 33 parishes from 14 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, according to its blog. Now it has a robust representation with “well over 200 parishes listed.” The inaugural “gay-friendly” parish list also contained seven colleges “whose Catholic student communities were known to be gay-friendly.” Today, that college list is separate and has more than 100 schools.

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The gay “purge” in the McCarthy era.

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A federal judge, sweeping aside objections from the Justice Department, has ordered the FBI to conduct a new search for decades-old documents about a U.S. government program to purge the federal workforce of gays and lesbians, including records on the role of a future chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in implementing the Cold War-era crackdown.

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LG___T rights. Where’s the B?

August 2, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LG___T rights. Where’s the B?

Switch-hitter, licker of both sides of the stamp, or even just downright “greedy”. When you’re bisexual you’re used to being defined by your presumed sexual treachery. Even the term bisexual, unlike gay or lesbian, has the sex act at its core: you can’t escape from the sense that our very presence on the streets is solely informed by our exploits between the sheets.