LGBTQ News, 8/6/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.   CAMPUS

V.    CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VI.   HATE CRIMES

VII.  SPORTS

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Great Britain now bars trans people from many public bathrooms and changing rooms
https://www.advocate.com/news/britain-transgender-bathroom-ban

Netherlands: Dutch prime minister opens World Pride Human Rights Conference
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2026/08/05/dutch-prime-minister-opens-world-pride-human-rights-conference/

Zimbabwe moves to reform intersex laws after landmark court challenge
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-moves-to-reform-intersex-laws-after-landmark-court-challenge/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Louisiana: Proposed gender restroom law moves to public hearing in Bossier Parish
https://www.ktalnews.com/news/local-news/bossier-proposed-transgender-restroom-ban/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Libs of TikTok unleashes harassment campaign against North Carolina elementary school teacher

https://www.advocate.com/news/bigoted-harassment-north-carolina-teacher

Washington parent pulls kid from school over a video about LGBTQ+ people

https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-parents-pride-video

CAMPUS

 

Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender
https://apnews.com/article/texas-university-lawsuit-teaching-restrictions-race-gender-0406f8f60810fb173a5d1bce7cc9e90e

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Court reopens Tacoma-area therapist’s challenge of WA’s conversion therapy ban
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article316768389.html

HATE CRIMES

 

New York: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg brings another antigay hate crime case after beating of 12-year-old boy

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/alvin-bragg-antigay-hate-charges

SPORTS

 

NWSL commissioner: League ‘continuing to monitor’ transgender athlete debate
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7494795/2026/08/05/nwsl-transgender-eligibility-jessica-berman/

Gauff backs WTA gene-testing, while criticizing how it creates animosity toward trans community
https://apnews.com/article/gene-testing-coco-gauff-1dc230a771fdd88643283af669b6ad20

COMMENTARY

 

A Trans Woman Pulled a Gun and Started a ‘Stand Your Ground’ Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/transgender-gun-rights-wyoming.html

Australia: Why the census won’t ask about intersex variations, and the reason it should
https://theconversation.com/why-the-census-wont-ask-about-intersex-variations-and-the-reason-it-should-288509