LGBTQ News, 10/5/21

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         REGIONAL NEWS

III.        CRIME

IV.        PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

V.         HEALTH

VI.        CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VII.       BULLYING

VIII.      DISCRIMINATION

IX.        HATE CRIMES
X.         ARTS & CULTURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

52 countries call upon UN to protect intersex rights
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/10/04/52-countries-call-upon-un-to-protect-intersex-rights/

 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Penn State to host series of events for LGBT History Month 2021
https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/penn-state-to-host-series-of-events-for-lgbt-history-month-2021/article_106c6fdc-2547-11ec-9675-c3e74bd0bcee.html

 

CRIME

 

UK: Met Police apologize to families for failing to stop serial killer Stephen Port
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/05/metropolitan-police-stephen-port-apology/

 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

North Carolina: How a trans-led food pantry aims to eliminate food insecurity in WNC
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/10/04/how-a-trans-led-food-pantry-aims-to-eliminate-food-insecurity-in-wnc/

 

HEALTH

 

Chemsex Tripled Likelihood That Men With HIV Were “Very Unhappy” With Sex Lives
https://www.poz.com/article/chemsex-tripled-likelihood-men-hiv-unhappy-sex-lives

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Patton Oswalt Stars in Born Perfect’s Anti-Conversion Therapy PSA
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/patton-oswalt-born-perfect-conversion-therapy-psa-bobbys-big-problem-1235079978/

Missouri: Johnson County city closer to banning LGBTQ conversion therapy
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article254763252.html

 

BULLYING

 

Missouri: Lee’s Summit students walk out of class after alleged fight, bullying of LGBTQ student
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article254752657.html

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

1 in 7 trans Britons have been refused healthcare by their GP just for being trans
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/05/trans-healthcare-transactual-transphobia-nhs/

 

HATE CRIMES

 

UK: Gay man afraid to leave his house after hate crime
(Trigger warning)
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/05/torquay-devon-hate-crime-gay/

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia unveils its first mural celebrating transgender people
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-community-voices/philadelphia-unveils-first-mural-celebrating-transgender-people-rcna2569