LGBTQ News, 9/27/24

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
IV.   CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

V.    RELIGION

VI.   HATE CRIMES

VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Outright International report documents Myanmar junta’s anti-LGBTQ rights abuses

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/27/outright-international-report-documents-myanmar-juntas-anti-lgbtq-rights-abuses/

 

 

Wave Of Arrests Targets LGBT Community In Belarus

https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-lgbt-arrests-transgender/33136652.html

 

 

Activists say police in Belarus beat LGBTQ+ people while arresting and charging them

https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-lukashenko-protests-russia-27e450907d43536b8de315f1e8f4dd89

 

 

World Bank says it aims to protect projects in Uganda from anti-LGBT law

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/world-bank-says-it-aims-protect-projects-uganda-anti-lgbt-law-2024-09-27/

 

 

New York: In Manhattan, LGBTQ activists warn World Bank against funding Uganda

https://gaycitynews.com/anti-lgbtq-law-uganda-world-bank-funding/

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Texas ban on youth gender-affirming medical care pushes family to cross state lines

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/texas-ban-on-youth-gender-affirming-care-pushes-family-to-cross-state-line-for-treatment

 

 

Virginia: Alexandria City Council approves ‘LGBTQ+/Trans Sanctuary Resolution’

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/27/alexandria-city-council-trans-sanctuary-resolution-passes/

 

 

Arkansas Supreme Court dismisses gender-neutral ID lawsuit

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2024-09-26/arkansas-supreme-court-dismisses-gender-neutral-id-lawsuit

 

 

 

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Michael Knowles claims LGBTQ+ people have 'pretend' families with queer parents 'not fit to raise a child'

https://www.advocate.com/news/michael-knowles-targets-lgbtq-familes

 

 

 

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

 

Lawsuit challenges Virginia law that bans conversion therapy

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/26/lawsuit-challenges-va-law-that-bans-conversion-therapy/

 

 

 

 

RELIGION

 

Anglican Church of Southern Africa Rejects Same-Sex Couples

https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/09/27/anglican-church-of-southern-africa-rejects-same-sex-couples/

 

 

 

 

HATE CRIMES

 

California: Queer Asian man assaulted in possible San Francisco hate crime

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/crime/queer-asian-man-attacked-sf

 

 

 

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

California: ‘Queer Smithsonian’ secures a new home in San Francisco’s Castro District

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sf-castro-lgbtq-museum-19796231.php

 

 

New York Film Festival returns with a post-strike lineup of inventive, queer, star-studded films

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/new-york-film-festival-returns-post-strike-lineup-inventive-queer-star-rcna173017

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024

https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2024

 

 

Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/27/nx-s1-5104225/transgender-teens-gender-affirming-care-bans-iowa-minneapolis

 

 

LGBTQI+ Refugees: Pride Means Nothing If it Does Not Include All of Us

https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/09/27/lgbtqi-refugees-pride-means-nothing-if-it-does-not-include-all-of-us/