LGBTQ News, 6/27/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   HEALTH

V.    MILITARY

VI.   HATE CRIMES

VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Uganda: LGBTQ+ Activists Slam World Bank For Resuming Loans

https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/26/uganda-lgbtq-activists-slam-world-bank-for-resuming-loans/

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Lancaster city murals celebrate Pride Month

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-city-murals-celebrate-pride-month-pennsylvania/65211945

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of LGBTQ+ book readings

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/supreme-court-lgbt-book-ban-case-ruling

Ohio budget bill with Browns stadium funding, LGBTQ+ restrictions heads to Gov. Mike DeWine

https://apnews.com/article/ohio-budget-republican-taxes-doge-browns-lgbtq-6cc14c40a16fc8fed05cee11259cfa69

New congressional resolution would make June 26 'Equality Day' celebrating LGBTQ+ victories

https://www.advocate.com/politics/equality-day-resolution-supreme-court

Pennsylvania's hate crime law doesn't include the LGBTQ+ community

(Trigger warning)

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/investigations/pennsylvania-hate-crime-law-lgbtq-philadelphia/4220298/

LGBTQ+ community push for stronger hate crime laws in Pennsylvania

(Video)

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/investigations/lgbtq-community-push-for-stronger-hate-crime-laws-in-pennsylvania/4220446/

HEALTH

 

Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care

https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-braidwood-ruling

MILITARY

 

USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge

https://apnews.com/article/ship-renaming-harvey-milk-hegseth-peterson-0087de7408a6ae9b88eaf3b82ff39971

Alarm raised over slow pace of payouts to UK veterans fired over sexuality

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/27/alarm-raised-over-slow-pace-of-payouts-to-uk-veterans-fired-over-sexuality

HATE CRIMES

New York: Woman strangled in brutal attack by three men in possible hate crime

(Trigger warning)

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/woman-strangled-in-brutal-attack-by-three-men-in-possible-hate-crime/

Philippines: Rights activist shot dead in GenSan

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2073820/rights-activist-shot-dead-in-gensan

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Pride, decolonized: Northern Cheyenne revives tradition with two-spirit celebration

https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_225b38c2-457e-486a-9984-f4ed25bb0803.html

How Queer Country Artists Are Rewriting the Narrative and Increasing Their Impact

https://www.billboard.com/pro/queer-country-artists-narrative-impact-lgbtq/

Michigan: Within the halls of U of M’s Hatcher Library, a wealth of transgender history

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/27/within-the-halls-of-u-of-ms-hatcher-library-a-wealth-of-transgender-history/

‘Largest ever human Pride flag’ created by thousands of LGBTQ+ activists in Mexico

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/27/largest-ever-human-pride-flag-created-by-thousands-of-lgbtq-activists-in-mexico/

Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community defies government ban on Pride march

https://apnews.com/article/hungarys-lgbtq-community-to-defy-government-pride-march-ban-b7b68d100e894b9dd633d8bdf65fdb21

COMMENTARY

 

Philippines: Trans Rights Activist Murdered
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/26/philippines-trans-rights-activist-murdered