LGBTQ News, 11/17/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION
III.   CAMPUS

IV.   RELIGION

V.    HATE CRIMES
VI.   ARST & CULTURE

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Dutch court upholds asylum denial for US transgender woman

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/dutch-court-upholds-asylum-denial-us-transgender-woman-2025-11-17/ 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Garcia, Markey reintroduce bill to require US promotes LGBTQ rights abroad

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/17/exclusive-garcia-markey-reintroduce-bill-to-require-us-promotes-lgbtq-rights-abroad/ 

Michigan adopts updated sex education standards after contentious meeting

https://apnews.com/article/sex-education-gender-michigan-lgbtq-schools-cf977398d6d5972fca6cdf06e4cc2f9d

Maryland: Harford school board appeals state’s book ban decision to circuit court

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/14/harford-school-board-appeals-states-book-ban-decision-to-circuit-court/ 

CAMPUS

 

Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics

https://apnews.com/article/texas-am-race-gender-university-d2601bbec22273f6c7e6a31aca790775 

RELIGION

 

Cardinal denies claim that Pope Leo ‘snubbed’ trans activists at Sunday’s Lunch for the Poor

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/cardinal-pope-trans-activists-jubilee-lunch-for-the-poor/ 

HATE CRIMES

 

New report finds violence and erasure ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance

https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-violence-erasure-report 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

California: West Hollywood invests $1 million to build LGBTQ+ Olympic hospitality house

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/11/14/west-hollywood-invests-1-million-to-build-lgbtq-olympic-hospitality-house/