LGBTQ News, 7/17/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

III.   INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

IV.   DISCRIMINATION

V.    SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Older LGBTQIA+ Australians Are Being Urged To Share Their Home Care Experiences

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/older-lgbtqia-australians-are-being-urged-to-share-their-home-care-experiences/242720

Australia: Revered surfboard designer and intersex advocate Kyra Jonsun dies in fire

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/kyra-jonsun-surfer-tribute-wollongong-house-fire/106917836

India: Supreme Court to examine plea for recognition of intersex persons as a distinct class

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-to-examine-plea-for-recognition-of-intersex-persons-as-a-distinct-class/article71234255.ece

LGBTQ+ people attacked in Indonesia as president brands them ‘national threat’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/17/indonesia-lgbtq-risk-threat-safety/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

LGBTQ+ authors see school visits cancelled after 'complaints from parents'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/lgbtq-authors-see-school-visits-cancelled-after-complaints-from-parents

"Halo" game composer Marty O’Donnell says LGBTQ+ people are ‘existential threat’ to Western civilization

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/marty-odonnell-anti-lgbtq-nevada

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

LGBTQ+ survivors of intimate partner violence sometimes fear emergency shelters. One Ohio org has booked an alternative.
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/08/lgbtq-survivors-of-intimate-partner-violence-fear-shelters/

DISCRIMINATION

 

Depositions from Ohio teacher’s lawsuit against district shed light on how ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster was targeted

https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/17/little-miami-depositions/

SPORTS

 

An LGBTQ+ roundup of the 2026 World Cup, from Pride games to boycotts

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/17/an-lgbtq-roundup-of-the-2026-world-cup-from-pride-games-to-boycotts/