LGBTQ News, 5/3/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        RELIGION

IV.        CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

V.         ARTS & CULTURE

VI.        ENTERTAINMENT

VII.       POLITICS

VIII.      COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Queer Nigerians stage protest as government tries to ban ‘cross-dressing’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/03/nigeria-lgbt-trans-crossdressing-bill/

Greek court acquits four police officers over death of LGBT activist
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/greek-court-acquits-four-police-officers-over-death-of-lgbtq-activist

Bosnia's LGBT Community Hails 'Historic' Ruling Against Discrimination, Hate
https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-lgbt-historic-ruling/31831125.html

Canada: First Nations to mark National Day of Awareness For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit Week
https://www.myespanolanow.com/48239/first-nations-to-mark-national-day-of-awareness-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-girls-two-spirit-week/

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Abortion Draft Raises Alarm Over Privacy, LGBTQ Rights
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/abortion-draft-raises-alarm-over-future-of-privacy-lgbt-rights

U.S. lawmakers in 16 states to introduce laws to protect transgender youth
https://wtvbam.com/2022/05/03/u-s-lawmakers-in-16-states-to-introduce-laws-to-protect-transgender-youth/

Texas: North East ISD will replace some books featuring LGBTQ+ characters with straight ones. Here’s how that will impact students
https://www.tpr.org/education/2022-05-03/north-east-isd-will-replace-some-books-featuring-lgbtq-characters-with-straight-ones-heres-how-that-will-impact-students

 

RELIGION

 

Black churches urged to fight anti-LGBTQ state laws
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-churches-urged-fight-anti-lgbtq-state-laws-rcna26275

UK: Oxford church appoints outreach workers for transgender, intersex and non-binary communities
https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/news/oxfordshire-news/oxford-church-appoints-outreach-workers-7007401

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Louisiana bill that would have prohibited licensed medical professionals from engaging with minors in conversion therapy gets deferred
https://www.kalb.com/2022/05/03/la-bill-that-would-have-prohibited-licensed-medical-professionals-engaging-with-minors-conversion-therapy-gets-deferred/

West Virginia: Wheeling City Council bans conversion therapy with 4-3 vote
https://wvmetronews.com/2022/05/03/wheeling-city-council-bans-conversion-therapy-in-4-3-vote/

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Teens fight for the right to read with ‘banned-book clubs’ and lawsuits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/03/teens-books-ban-clubs-protest/

 

ENTERTAINMENT

 

LGBTQ+ Celebs & Allies Express Outrage Over Roe v. Wade Leak
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/5/03/lgbtq-celebs-allies-express-outrage-over-roe-v-wade-leak

 

POLITICS

Culture wars over race and sexuality are dominating Texas school board elections
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-school-board-elections-race-sexuality-rcna26977

COMMENTARY

 

First, do no harm: Pennsylvania youth deserve protection from conversion therapy
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2022/05/first-do-no-harm-pennsylvania-youth-deserve-protection-from-conversion-therapy-opinion.html

Janet Porter Hopes to Apply the Strategy Behind Texas’ ‘Heartbeat Bill’ to LGBTQ Issues in Public Schools
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/janet-porter-hopes-to-apply-the-strategy-behind-texas-heartbeat-bill-to-lgbtq-issues-in-public-schools/

Families of transgender youth in Alabama face some difficult choices
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096075578/families-of-transgender-youth-in-alabama-face-some-difficult-choices

First they came for Roe; Obergefell is next
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/05/03/first-they-came-for-roe-obergefell-is-next/

What Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Mean for Marriage Equality
https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/5/03/what-overturning-roe-v-wade-could-mean-marriage-equality