LGBTQ News, 5/16/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    CAMPUS

VI.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VII.  DISCRIMINATION

VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX.   CRIME

X.    COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Namibia's top court recognizes same-sex marriages formed elsewhere
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/namibias-top-court-recognises-same-sex-marriages-formed-elsewhere-2023-05-16/

Man convicted of violating Tanzania sodomy law, sentenced to 30 years in prison
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/05/15/man-convicted-of-violating-tanzania-sodomy-law-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison/

Philippines: Anti-violence against women and children law covers lesbian relationships, says Supreme Court
https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/05/16/23/anti-violence-against-women-children-law-covers-lesbian-relationships-sc

Beijing LGBT Center shuttered as crackdown grows in China
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/beijing-lgbt-center-shuttered-crackdown-grows-china-rcna84708

Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/asia/taiwan-same-sex-adoption-marriage-equality-lgbtq-intl-hnk/index.html

Australia: Victorian Greens To Introduce New Anti-Vilification Bill To Protect LGBT Communities
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/victoria-news/victorian-greens-to-introduce-new-anti-vilification-bill-to-protect-lgbt-communities/223810

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Transgender Oklahomans speak out against new law
https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/transgender-oklahomans-speak-out-against-new-law-only-the-beginning/article_247f14c6-f33f-11ed-bb7b-d35fe9a0c273.html

Nevada advocates: Proposed Douglas County policy for transgender students is ‘dehumanizing’
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/advocates-proposed-douglas-county-policy-for-transgender-students-is-dehumanizing

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

‘If you go down, I’m going down too’: The music stars protesting US anti-drag laws
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/15/musicians-anti-drag-laws-protest-lizzo

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Riley Gaines slams trans females competing in women's sports during House hearing
https://newschannel9.com/news/nation-world/no-one-protected-us-riley-gaines-slams-transgender-participation-in-womens-sports-during-house-hearing

Florida agencies manipulated research to ban trans healthcare
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/05/15/florida-agencies-manipulated-research-to-ban-trans-healthcare/

Candace Owens: “Transgenderism ... [is] an ill, it's a cancer and we should fight it”
https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-transgenderism-ill-its-cancer-and-we-should-fight-it

UK: Trans Activist Fools Posie Parker, Give Pro-LGBT Rights Speech At Anti-Trans Event
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/trans-activist-fools-posie-parker-give-pro-lgbt-rights-speech-at-anti-trans-event/223814

Australia: Victorian councils to hold emergency meeting on far-right targeting of drag queen storytime events
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/16/drag-queen-storytime-far-right-victoria-councils-emergency-meeting-lgbtq-events

CAMPUS

Canada: Saint John students protest review of N.B. policy that affirms LGBTQ rights in schools
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-high-schools-policy-713-walk-out-1.6843991

CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

Iowa: Waterloo City Council passes ban conversion therapy for children
https://www.kcrg.com/2023/05/16/waterloo-city-council-passes-ban-conversion-therapy-children/

DISCRIMINATION

Illinois: Parents file a police report after teacher offers LGBTQ-themed book to her middle schoolers
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/parents-file-police-report-teacher-offers-lgbtq-themed-book-middle-sch-rcna84629

HATE CRIMES

Homeland Security reports anti-LGBTQ threats are rising, intensifying
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/05/16/homeland-security-reports-anti-lgbtq-threats-are-rising-intensifying/

Homophobic attacks in France rose almost 30 percent last year, LGBTQ group says
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230516-homophobic-attacks-in-france-rose-almost-30-percent-last-year-lgbtq-group-says

CRIME

California: Video shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left store
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video

COMMENTARY

LGBTQ Students Face Barriers to Getting Student Loans Without Parents’ Participation
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-students-student-loans

Decriminalizing Homosexuality Saves Lives and Fights HIV
https://www.poz.com/article/decriminalizing-homosexuality-saves-lives-fights-hiv

UK: National Conservatism Conference was as problematic and anti-LGBTQ+ as you might expect
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/16/national-conservatism-conference-2023/