LGBTQ News, 5/18/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

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

V.         DISCRIMINATION

VI.        HATE CRIMES
VII.       ARTS & CULTURE
VIII.      ENTERTAINMENT

IX.        MEDIA

X.         COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

India: Plea to add transgender option in police job notification
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/plea-to-add-transgender-option-in-police-job-notification/article65425962.ece

Australia: No action on trans and intersex rights from WA Government
https://www.outinperth.com/no-action-on-trans-and-intersex-rights-from-wa-government/

Trans people ‘not an ideology’, MSPs weighing gender recognition reform told by Stonewall Scotland director
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/msps-gender-recognition-reforms-trans-stonewall-scotland-draft-bill-rights

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

South Carolina becomes the latest state to enact a transgender sports ban
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099501287/south-carolina-trans-transgender-sports-ban

Federal judge strikes down Tennessee's transgender bathroom sign law
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/judge-strikes-tennessees-transgender-bathroom-sign-law-rcna29267

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

UK: Franklin Graham accuses politicians of ‘religious discrimination’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/18/franklin-graham-uk-tour-wales/

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Court weighs Washington ban on LGBT conversion therapy for minors
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-weighs-washington-ban-lgbt-conversion-therapy-minors-2022-05-17/

UK: Campaigners force parliament debate on trans conversion therapy ban
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/18/trans-conversion-therapy-ban-petition-debate/

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Gender transition insurance rules blocked in Christian group's challenge
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/gender-transition-insurance-rules-blocked-christian-groups-challenge-2022-05-17/

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Ireland: Gardai launch probe into assault of lesbian couple at Dublin bus stop
(Trigger warning)
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/gardai-launch-probe-assault-lesbian-23992255

Chile's LGBTQ+ street artists see work defaced with homophobic slurs
https://news.trust.org/item/20220517082959-xpsbm/

Israel: Town cancels LGBT Pride parade after death threats
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1652880151-israel-town-cancels-lgbt-pride-parade-after-death-threats

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Australia: City of Sydney announces funding for LGBTIQA+ museum and WorldPride
https://www.outinperth.com/city-of-sydney-announces-funding-for-lgbtiqa-museum-and-worldpride/

U.K. reveals rainbow coin to mark 50th anniversary of Pride
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/uk-reveals-rainbow-coin-mark-50th-anniversary-pride-rcna29432

 

ENTERTAINMENT

 

Netflix slammed by former staffers after cutting LGBTQ+ jobs
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/18/netflix-job-cuts-most-lgbtq/

 

MEDIA

 

Report: TV News Coverage of Anti-Trans Violence Woefully Inadequate
https://www.advocate.com/media/2022/5/18/report-tv-news-coverage-anti-trans-violence-woefully-inadequate

 

COMMENTARY

 

Queer camp counselor was told not to come back. So they opened their own camp.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/18/trans-camp-shira-berkowitz-indigo-point/

Despite a surge in brutality, broadcast and cable TV news spent just 43 minutes covering anti-trans violence in 2021
https://www.mediamatters.org/justice-civil-liberties/despite-surge-brutality-broadcast-and-cable-tv-news-spent-just-43-minutes