LGBTQ News, 12/4/25

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I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION
III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V.    INCARCERATION
VI.   RELIGION
VII.  DISCRIMINATION
VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Female engineer to appeal after losing UK case over transgender toilet policy

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/female-engineer-appeal-after-losing-uk-case-over-transgender-toilet-policy-2025-12-04/ 



UK: Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/03/womens-institute-no-longer-accept-trans-women-members-april 



Russia blocks access to US children's gaming platform Roblox

Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of distributing extremist materials and "LGBT propaganda".




POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Pennsylvania: Gov. Shapiro files lawsuit to block HUD funding restrictions that specifically target trans and nonbinary people

https://epgn.com/2025/12/03/gov-shapiro-files-lawsuit-to-block-hud-funding-restrictions-that-specifically-target-trans-and-nonbinary-people/ 





PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

Puerto Rico’s largest LGBTQ organization struggling amid federal funding cuts

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/04/puerto-ricos-largest-lgbtq-organization-struggling-amid-federal-funding-cuts/ 





ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Global group accused of attacking gay rights backs South Australian woman over school presentation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/03/alliance-defending-freedom-backs-south-australian-woman-legal-action-school-ntwnfb 





INCARCERATION

 

DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5630490/prison-doj-safety-memo-changes-trans-lgbtq-inmates 





RELIGION

 

Trans pastor says she’s ‘surrounded by loving kindness’ after coming out to New York congregation

https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-reverand-phillippa-phaneuf-interview 





DISCRIMINATION

 

California: Lesbian educator wins $700K after she was allegedly called a ‘witch’ in an ‘LGBTQ coven’

https://www.advocate.com/news/lesbian-california-lawsuit-witch-coven 





HATE CRIMES

 

Colorado: Denver nonprofit that supports LGBTQ+ youth making changes after break-in that added to ongoing financial strain

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/youthseen-break-in-financial-strain/ 





COMMENTARY

 

Spoken solidarity: The linguistic tactics of queer communities in the Middle East

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/12/04/spoken-solidarity-the-linguistic-tactics-of-queer-communities-in-the-middle-east/ 



Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights

https://www.advocate.com/news/comptons-cafeteria-riot-explained-transgender

 

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