LGBTQ News, 1/8/25

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Jan 8, 2025, 3:31:49 PM1/8/25

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I. HEALTH

II. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

III. TECHNOLOGY

IV. POLICY / LEGISLATION

V. POLITICS

VI. RELIGION

VII. DISCRIMINATION

VIII. HATE CRIMES

IX. SPORTS

X. ARTS & CULTURE

XI. COMMENTARY

HEALTH

Texas: El Paso doctor responds to Texas AG lawsuit over alleged transgender care

https://elpasomatters.org/2025/01/08/texas-ag-paxton-lawsuit-el-paso-doctor-transgender-care/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Jesse Watters attacks LGBT Americans for purchasing guns

https://www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watters/jesse-watters-attacks-lgbt-americans-purchasing-guns

UK: London tube ad featuring cleric who called gay people ‘filthy’ and ‘worse than animals’ removed

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/08/ismail-ibn-musa-menk-mufti/

TECHNOLOGY

Meta Oversight co-chair ‘concerned’ by moderation changes: ‘Hate speech can lead to real life harm’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/08/meta-policy-changes-mark-zuckerberg-helle-thorning-schmidt/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Idaho: New bill aims to restrict transgender athletes from competing in female sports

https://www.kivitv.com/news/new-bill-aims-to-restrict-transgender-athletes-from-competing-in-female-sports

Worrying attempt to ban same-sex marriage in Idaho labelled ‘sad distraction’ by critics

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/08/idaho-gay-marriage-same-sex-unions/

Kansas lawmakers will debate the taxes you pay and access to trans health care this session

https://kansaspublicradio.org/statehouse-news/2025-01-08/kansas-lawmakers-will-debate-the-taxes-you-pay-and-access-to-trans-health-care-in-2025

Indiana Locale Must Let Transgender Student Use Boys' Bathroom

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/indiana-locale-must-let-transgender-student-use-boys-bathroom

POLITICS

Oregon swears in first LGBTQ+ treasurer, Dr. Elizabeth Steiner

https://www.advocate.com/politics/oregon-lgbtq-treasurer

Melissa DuBose makes history as first Black, LGBTQ+ US District Court judge in Rhode Island

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/07/melissa-dubose-judge-rhode-island/

RELIGION

Pope names LGBTQ supportive Cardinal as head of Archdiocese of Washington

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/01/08/pope-names-lgbtq-supportive-cardinal-mcelroy-head-archdoicese-washington/

DISCRIMINATION

Seven months after ruling, future of Wyoming transgender-sorority suit remains uncertain

https://wyofile.com/seven-months-after-ruling-future-of-wyoming-transgender-sorority-suit-remains-uncertain/

UK: Workers sue McDonald’s for discrimination, with one teen saying he faced ‘homophobic slurs’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/07/mcdonalds-abuse-lawsuit-ceo-claims/

HATE CRIMES

California: Emmett Brock, innocent man beaten by LASD, is on path toward justice

(Trigger warning)

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/01/08/emmett-brock-innocent-man-beaten-by-lasd-is-on-path-toward-justice/

SPORTS

Basketball Team Will Skip Games Over Alleged Mistreatment of Trans Player

https://www.newsweek.com/basketball-team-will-skip-games-over-alleged-mistreatment-trans-player-2011950

ARTS & CULTURE

UK: LGBT Armed Forces veterans see their stories told in special comic

https://www.forcesnews.com/services/tri-service/coming-home-lgbt-armed-forces-veterans-see-their-tales-told-gay-comic

COMMENTARY

Conversion Therapy and Survival With Lucas Wilson

(Audio)

https://slate.com/podcasts/outward/2025/01/lucas-wilson-explores-the-pseudoscience-and-pain-of-conversion-therapy

Amid Palisades fire, Los Angeles' first LGBTQ+ fire chief is proving lesbians get it done