LGBTQ News, 5/18/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III.
POLITICS
IV. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V. HEALTH
VI. CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
VII. HATE CRIMES
VIII. ARTS & CULTURE
IX. SPORTS
X. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
LGBTQ+ people ‘especially vulnerable’ to forced marriage, study finds
In Mexico, new non-binary passport can now sidestep male or female box
Slovaks near vote on banning legal recognition for transgender people
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Here are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving forward in US statehouses
Louisiana House passes bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors
Nebraska GOP Lawmakers Break Filibuster on Banning Trans Care and Abortion
https://www.advocate.com/politics/nebraska-abortion-transgender-bans
Florida's LGBTQ+ Activists Plan to Fight Back Against DeSantis's ‘Slate of Hate’
https://www.advocate.com/news/desantis-lgbtq-activists-laws
Maryland: Gender identification policy sparks outrage in Frederick County
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/gender-identification-policy-sparks-outrage-in-frederick-county
POLITICS
White House IDAHOBiT statement acknowledges LGBTQ rights advances, setbacks
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
The Religious Right’s Hidden Sway as Japan Trails Allies on Gay Rights
As a G7 summit nears in Hiroshima, Japan is under pressure to show greater support for equality. A national Shinto group has spread a more hostile message.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/world/asia/japan-same-sex-marriage.html
HEALTH
Lesbian, bisexual women more likely to have worse heart health than heterosexual women
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lesbian-bisexual-women-more-likely-090000387.html
Officials eye mpox prevention, vaccination initiatives for this summer’s LGBTQ events
Texas doctors depart as attorney general investigates hospital’s gender-affirming care
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/18/texas-hospital-inquiry-doctor-exodus
CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
Legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ in Ireland to be brought before Cabinet
https://gcn.ie/conversion-therapy-legislation-ireland-cabinet/
HATE CRIMES
Florida: Digital traffic sign in Orlando displays anti-gay hate message
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/17/gay-hate-message-traffic-sign-orlando/
D.C. police investigating bomb threat targeting mayor’s Pride event
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/05/18/bomb-threat-pride/
Ireland: Gardaí investigate vicious assault on school student in Navan as hate crime
https://gcn.ie/hate-crime-assault-school-student-navan/
Australia: Police criticized for bungled investigation into possible gay hate death in Wollongong
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/lgbtiq-inuiry-hears-evidence-of-bill-rooney-death/102361452
ARTS & CULTURE
San Francisco to name first-in-nation drag laureate
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/san-francisco-name-first-nation-drag-laureate-rcna85048
SPORTS
Dodgers disinvite drag troupe from team's Pride Night celebration
COMMENTARY
Fight against anti-LGBT hate goes on, in France and around the world