LGBTQ News, 10/13/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   POLITICS
IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    YOUTH
VI.   HATE CRIMES
VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

India: AP high court expresses displeasure at police for not filing report on transgender applicant

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/ap-high-court-expresses-displeasure-at-police-for-not-filing-report-on-transgender-applicant/articleshow/124533689.cms 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

California: Bill to study inequalities in youth sports signed by Newsom

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-13/bill-to-study-inequalities-in-youth-sports-attacked-by-critics-as-supporting-transgender-athletes-signed-by-newsom 

ACLU drops challenge to South Carolina law that stopped transgender treatments

https://scdailygazette.com/2025/10/13/aclu-drops-lawsuit-challenging-sc-law-that-stopped-transgender-treatments/ 

POLITICS

 

Candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate

https://www.advocate.com/politics/winsome-earle-sears-unhinged-debate 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Conservative group ends discrimination lawsuit against Michigan Law Review

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/conservative-group-ends-discrimination-lawsuit-against-michigan-law-review-2025-10-13/ 

Texas: In Dallas, 6,700 women rally for culture war battles after Kirk’s death

https://religionnews.com/2025/10/13/allie-beth-stuckey-equips-6500-conservative-christian-women-for-spiritual-battle/ 

YOUTH

Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth

https://www.advocate.com/news/foster-parents-lose-license-lgbtq 

HATE CRIMES

 

Torture, blackmail, extortion: the dangers of queer online dating in Ghana

(Trigger warning)

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/10/torture-blackmail-extortion-the-dangers-of-queer-online-dating-in-ghana 

Texas: Man will plead guilty to threatening Pride event after Charlie Kirk’s death

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/texas-man-threaten-pride-event-charlie-kirk 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia to open one of the first LGBTQ+ Visitor Centers in the nation

https://metrophiladelphia.com/philadelphia-lgbtq-visitor-center/ 

We heard from 20 LGBTQ groups in Indiana. Here's what they said about the state of pride

https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-lgbtq-groups-survey-state-of-pride-2025 

New York: New exhibit highlights LGBTQ legacy of Harlem Renaissance

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life-and-style/gay-harlem-renaissance-exhibit-new-york-historical-rcna236671 

COMMENTARY

 

The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day

https://www.advocate.com/news/national-coming-out-day-history 

For many LGBTQ+ refugees, coming out isn’t a choice

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/11/lgbtq-refugee-asylum-national-coming-out-day/