LGBTQ News, 8/19/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

II.    YOUTH

III.   INCARCERATION

IV.   RELIGION

V.    DISCRIMINATION
VI.   SPORTS

VII.  COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Trump administration bans federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care

https://www.advocate.com/politics/federal-insurance-gender-affirming-care 

Education Department threatens funding for Northern Virginia schools over trans student policies

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5460329-northern-virginia-school-districts-funding-risk/ 

State Department’s 2024 human rights report could jeopardize LGBTQ asylum cases

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/08/19/state-departments-2024-human-rights-report-could-jeopardize-lgbtq-asylum-cases/ 

YOUTH

Trans youth as consistent in their identity as cis youth, study shows

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/19/trans-youth-regret-incredibly-low/ 

INCARCERATION

 

Judge orders immediate release of gay Jamaican asylum seeker detained by ICE

https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-asylum-seeker-released-ice 

RELIGION

 

America’s first Black gay imam dies aged 71

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/19/americas-first-black-gay-imam-dies-aged-71/ 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Chicago Blackhawks sued by former employee who claims he was fired for being gay

https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-blackhawks-gay-employee-lawsuit 

SPORTS

 

The first openly gay men's tennis player wants to make the sport more welcoming to queer athletes

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/brian-vahaly-tennis-us-open-first-openly-gay-mens-player-safe-space-rcna225592 

COMMENTARY

Intersex is common in birds, according to a new study

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/lies-and-deception/202508/sex-is-a-spectrum-and-science-keeps-saying-so