LGBTQ News, 8/18/22
Angeline Binick
II. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
III. HEALTH
IV. INCARCERATION
V. CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VI. DISCRIMINATION
VII. HATE CRIMES
VIII. ENTERTAINMENT
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Australia: WA Will Rewrite Laws To Protect LGBT Students And Staff In Religious Schools
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/wa-will-rewrite-laws-to-protect-lgbt-students-and-staff-in-religious-schools/215824
Libs of TikTok page suspended from Facebook
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/18/libs-of-tiktok-suspended-facebook/
HEALTH
Canada: N.L. expands monkeypox vaccine eligibility to more members of LGBT community and contacts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-monkeypox-vaccination-eligibility-1.6554717
NYC jails are failing to 'safely and humanely' house transgender inmates, report says
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/nyc-jails-are-safely-humanely-house-transgender-inmates-report-says-rcna43343
Thousands call on Russia to ban conversion therapy
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/18/russia-conversion-therapy-ban-coming-out/
State officials have so far denied a request to ban conversion therapy among Virginia adults
https://www.wvtf.org/news/2022-08-18/state-officials-have-so-far-denied-a-request-to-ban-conversion-therapy-among-virginia-adults
Southern Oregon homeless services provider fires founder amid conversion therapy allegations
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/18/southern-oregon-homeless-services-provider-fires-founder-amid-controversy/
Idaho forced to pay $320,000 over trans birth certificate ban
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/18/idaho-trans-birth-certificate/
Florida Prosecutor Sues DeSantis After Being Sacked for Pro-Trans Support
https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/8/18/fla-prosecutor-sues-desantis-after-being-sacked-pro-trans-support
HATE CRIMES
Massachusetts: LGBTQ+ Harvard Affiliates Receive Homophobic Emails Threatening Violence
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/8/16/some-lgbtq-harvard-affiliates-receive-violent-threats/
Two Utah Teens Charged With Hate Crimes Over Assault on Gay Couple
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/8/17/two-utah-teens-charged-hate-crimes-over-assault-gay-couple
Trans Twitch streamer forced to flee home after ‘doxxing’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/18/keffals-clara-sorrenti-twitch-doxxed-swatting/
Canada: Windsor man pleads guilty to hate crimes against LGBTQ community
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/he-s-done-something-terrible-windsor-man-pleads-guilty-to-hate-crimes-against-lgbtq-community-1.6032595
The First Gay Film:
Different From the Others From 1919
https://www.advocate.com/film/2022/8/17/first-gay-film-different-others-1919
Vietnam Adopts Global LGBT Health Standard
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/18/vietnam-adopts-global-lgbt-health-standard