LGBTQ 10/3/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

V.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

VI.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VII.  DISCRIMINATION
VIII. HATE CRIMES

IX.   SEXUAL VIOLENCE

X.    NATURE

XI.   COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

UK: Transgender charity Mermaids under investigation
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63081644

Iran: UN experts demand stay of execution for two women LGBT rights activists
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1128181

Ukraine: LGBT soldiers fight stereotypes on and off the battlefield
https://observers.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20220930-ukraine-lgbt-soldiers-fight-stereotypes-on-and-off-the-battlefield

Pakistan’s Progressive Transgender Law Faces Opposition 4 Years Later
https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-s-progressive-transgender-law-faces-opposition-4-years-later-/6768168.html

Transgender Guatemalan woman's deportation case to get U.S. Supreme Court review
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/transgender-guatemalan-womans-deportation-case-get-us-supreme-court-review-2022-10-03/

Brazil elects first-ever trans politicians to congress
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/brazil-trans-parliament-election-erika-hilton-duda-salabert/

Gay American who moved to Japan to be with husband wins partial victory in lengthy legal fight
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/andrew-high-japan-us-visa/

Iceland publishes LGBTQ+ action plan
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/01/iceland-lgbtq-action-plan/

REGIONAL NEWS

National Day of Action brings trans rights rally
(Video)
https://www.wgal.com/article/national-day-of-action-brings-trans-rights-rally/41475780#

POLICY / LEGISLATION

LGBTQ+ Rights Are on the Docket as Supreme Court Starts New Term
https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/10/03/lgbtq-rights-are-docket-supreme-court-starts-new-term

California governor signs bill offering legal refuge to transgender youths  
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/california-governor-signs-bill-offering-legal-refuge-transgender-youth-rcna50240

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

The Trevor Project teams up with a student surveillance company accused of LGBTQ+ bias
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/30/trevor-project-gaggle-student-surveillance-lgbtq-bias

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Alabama: Teacher on Leave After Saying Devil's Behind Pride Event
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/29/teacher-leave-after-saying-devils-behind-pride-event

Tennessee GOP urges pediatric clinic to stop providing gender-affirming surgeries
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/tennessee-gop-urges-pediatric-clinic-stop-providing-gender-affirming-s-rcna50181

UK: Tories blasted for hosting anti-trans LGB Alliance at party conference for second year in a row
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/lgb-alliance-conservative-party-conference-backlash/

UK: Tory MP Mark Jenkinson declares ‘a trans man is not a man’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/tory-mp-mark-jenkinson-trans-man-transphobia-rant/

CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

‘Countless lives damaged’: UK’s dark history of gay conversion practices
(Trigger warning)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/countless-lives-damaged-new-book-details-uk-dark-history-gay-conversion-practices

UK: Liz Truss urged to ‘deliver on her word’ and ban conversion therapy for good
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/liz-truss-conversion-therapy-ban-video/

DISCRIMINATION

Kentucky: Appeals court rules against Kentucky official who denied same-sex marriage licenses
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article266610591.html

HATE CRIMES

Philippines: Village chair tagged in killing of LGBTQ teacher in Abra
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/03/village-chair-tagged-in-killing-of-lgbtq-teacher-in-abra/

UK: Falmouth man punched in 'horrible' homophobic attack on night out
(Trigger warning)
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/falmouth-man-punched-horrible-homophobic-7634711

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

NYC human rights officials are 'closely monitoring' allegations against the owner of a gay bar
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/michael-cohen-motel-23-human-rights-commission-rcna49781

NATURE

Gay Albatrosses Find True Love With Sir David Attenborough
https://www.advocate.com/television/2022/10/03/gay-albatrosses-find-true-love-sir-david-attenborough

COMMENTARY

With anti-LGBTQ laws proliferating, older activists say history is repeating itself
https://abcnews.go.com/US/anti-lgbtq-laws-proliferating-older-activists-history-repeating/story?id=90278754

What’s so scary about a transgender child?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23281683/trans-kids-transition-medicine-surgery