LGBTQ News, 3/5/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

V.    ARTS & CULTURE

VI.   BULLYING

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

UK: Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime one step closer to being aggravated offence

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/anti-lgbtq-hate-crime-one-step-closer-to-being-aggravated-offence/

South Korea approves creating a trans rights foundation after two-year row

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/south-korea-trans-foundation/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Transgender Kansans, blindsided by invalidated IDs, fear wide-ranging legal restrictions will isolate them publicly

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/us/kansas-trans-drivers-license-bathroom-law

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

Washington D.C.: 13 HIV/AIDS activists arrested on Capitol Hill

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/03/05/13-hiv-aids-activists-arrested-on-capitol-hill/

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Iowa House passes bill on conversion therapy

https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/03/05/iowa-house-passes-bill-on-conversion-therapy/

ARTS & CULTURE

Wisconsin: Milwaukee's This Is It! bar approved for Wisconsin historic marker

https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukees-is-it-bar-approved-wisconsin-historic-marker

BULLYING

 

Virginia school board settles lawsuit with students accused of harassing trans classmate

https://www.advocate.com/news/education/virginia-settles-loudoun-transgender-case

Nonbinary student sues Michigan school district for allegedly ignoring years of reported bullying

https://www.advocate.com/news/nonbinary-kalamazoo-school-lawsuit