LGBTQ News, 12/13/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     BUSINESS

III.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.    HEALTH

V.     CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VI.    HATE CRIMES

VII.   ARTS & CULTURE

VIII.  SPORTS

GLOBAL NEWS

‘Our mere existence is illegal.’ As Moscow toughens anti-gay law, LGBTQ Russians fear for the future
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/11/europe/russia-lgbtq-anti-gay-propaganda-law-intl-cmd/index.html

Popular Russian Social Network VK Starts Marking Materials Containing LGBT Text
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-vk-lgbt-materials-marked/32169225.html

Trans women can take seats on public boards set aside for women, Scottish judge rules
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/13/trans-women-can-take-seats-on-public-boards-set-aside-for-women-scottish-judge-rules

Gender law reform in Northern Ireland would have ‘positive impact’ on trans people, report finds
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/13/gender-recognition-act-reform-stormont-northern-ireland/

Barbados’ top court strikes down laws that criminalize gay sex
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/barbados-strikes-down-law-criminalize-gay-sex

BUSINESS

Workers and consumers say they're likely to favor pro-LGBTQ businesses, study finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/workers-consumers-say-likely-favor-lgbtq-businesses-study-finds-rcna61446

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Biden set to sign same-sex marriage bill at White House ceremony
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-set-sign-sex-marriage-bill-white-house-ceremony-rcna61423

Catholic healthcare providers can't be forced to do gender surgeries: U.S. court
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/catholic-healthcare-providers-cant-be-forced-do-gender-surgeries-us-court-2022-12-09/

HEALTH

Partnered LGBQ+ Adults Faced Greater Stress During the Pandemic
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/406550/partnered-lgbq-adults-faced-greater-stress-during-pandemic.aspx

CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

India: 'Conversion Therapy' For Queer Persons A Professional Misconduct, According to Tamil Nadu Medical Council
https://news.abplive.com/tamil-nadu/conversion-therapy-for-queer-persons-a-professional-misconduct-tn-medical-council-1569338

HATE CRIMES

House Oversight Committee to host Club Q shooting survivors in hearing on anti-LGBTQ threats
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-host-club-q-shooting-survivors-hearing-anti-rcna60848

Australia: NSW Commissioner Says Police Willing To Cooperate With Sydney Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Inquiry
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/nsw-commissioner-says-police-willing-to-cooperate-with-sydney-anti-gay-hate-crimes-inquiry/219266

ARTS & CULTURE

Marijane Meaker, 95, Who Took Lesbian Pulp Fiction Mainstream, Dies
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/11/books/marijane-meaker-dead.html

Julius’ Bar, the site of an essential 1960s LGBT protest, is officially a historic landmark
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/julius-bar-lgbt-landmark-nyc-trnd/index.html

Documentary tells the story of a ‘two spirit’ member of the Narragansett tribe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/08/metro/documentary-tells-story-two-spirit-member-narragansett-tribe/

Cambridge Dictionary updates definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ to include trans people
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/13/cambridge-dictionary-man-woman-definition-trans/

Queer artists discover AI art app uses their art without permission
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/12/12/queer-artists-discover-ai-art-app-uses-their-art-without-permission/

Australia: Queer Sydney Artist Amy Blue To Help Beautify Oxford Street In Lead-Up To WorldPride
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/queer-sydney-artist-amy-blue-to-help-beautify-oxford-street-in-lead-up-to-worldpride/219150

SPORTS

Former major league pitcher T.J. House comes out as gay
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/former-major-league-baseball-pitcher-tj-house-comes-gay-rcna61251

Journalist and LGBTQ+ advocate dies at Qatar World Cup. His brother says he was killed
https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/10/grant-wahl-dies-aged-48-qatar-world-cup/

French minister says she wore rainbow-sleeved sweater in Qatar to back LGBT rights

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/french-minister-says-she-wore-rainbow-sleeved-sweater-in-qatar-to-back-lgbt-rights/