LGBTQ News, 12/11/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V.    MILITARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content 

Campaigners in legal effort to suspend trial of puberty blockers in England

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/11/campaigners-in-legal-effort-to-suspend-trial-of-puberty-blockers-in-england 

Australia: New Legal Action Launched Against Queensland Govt’s Trans Healthcare Care Ban

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-legal-action-launched-against-queensland-govts-trans-healthcare-care-ban/239979 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Markey reintroduces International Human Rights Act in Senate

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/10/markey-reintroduces-international-human-rights-act-in-senate/ 

Texas expands lawsuit against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth

https://www.advocate.com/texas-doctor-lawsuit-transgender-youth

Pennsylvania: State senator makes second attempt to pass a right to read bill

https://epgn.com/2025/12/08/state-senator-makes-second-attempt-to-pass-a-right-to-read-bill/ 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

North Carolina: LGBT Center of Raleigh has permanent downtown space for the first time in years

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article313578510.html 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Milo Yiannopoulos Denies Homosexuality Exists

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/international-news-news/ex-gay-milo-yiannopoulos-denies-homosexuality-exists-nobodys-gay/239986 

MILITARY

 

Appeals court mulls upholding ruling that struck down Pentagon’s HIV enlistment ban

https://www.advocate.com/news/lambda-legal-hiv-military-ban