LGBTQ News, 10/16/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

II.    HEALTH

III.   INCARCERATION

IV.   RELIGION

V.    CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  SPORTS

VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

NYC schools sue US education officials over $47M grant cuts tied to transgender policies

https://apnews.com/article/transgender-bathrooms-education-department-schools-4799eadf5dd7c6dfe40b1bda4d194844 

California: Governor Newsom has vetoed two bills aimed to improve PrEP and gender-affirming care access

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/10/16/governor-newsom-has-vetoed-two-bills-aimed-to-improve-prep-and-gender-affirming-care-access/

Texas: Arlington council delays vote on whether to remove LGBTQ protections

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/10/15/arlington-council-delays-vote-on-whether-to-remove-lgbtq-protections/ 

HEALTH

 

Depression and anxiety rates are skyrocketing among LGBTQ+ youth

https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-depression-anxiety-rates 

INCARCERATION

 

Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in ICE facility

(Trigger warning)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/ice-immigration-queer-trans-louisiana 

RELIGION

 

Church of Norway says sorry to LGBTQ+ people for ‘shame, great harm and pain’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/16/church-of-norway-says-sorry-to-lgbtq-people-for-shame-great-harm-and-pain 

Church of England bishops stop plans to trial blessing services for gay couples

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/church-england-bishops-stop-planned-trial-blessing-services-gay-couples-2025-10-16/ 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Charity Issues Conversion Therapy Warning as Supreme Court Decision Nears

https://www.newsweek.com/charity-issues-conversion-therapy-warning-supreme-court-decision-nears-10881356 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Georgia: Tens of thousands show up and out for Atlanta's 55th annual Pride

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/atlanta-pride-2025-draws-crowds 

SPORTS

 

Transgender Fencer Suing USA Fencing, USOPC Over Ban From Women's Competitions

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6717204/2025/10/14/transgender-usa-fencing-usopc-ban-womens-competition/ 

HATE CRIMES

Texas police arrest suspect in 2021 murder of transgender woman Kier Solomon

https://www.advocate.com/crime/kier-solomon-murder-suspect-arrested 

Massachusetts: 5 suspects charged in Boston for attack on gay couple with baseball bat

https://www.advocate.com/crime/gay-couple-assault-boston-charges 

New York: Suspects in transgender man's torture, killing to be swabbed for DNA

https://13wham.com/news/local/suspects-in-transgender-mans-torture-killing-to-be-swabbed-for-dna-sam-nordquist-ontario-county-murder-case-trial-evidence 

COMMENTARY

 

Anti-trans policies aren’t preventing genital mutilation — they’re disrupting efforts to stop it

https://19thnews.org/2025/10/anti-trans-policies-genital-mutilation/ 

No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.
https://19thnews.org/2025/10/no-one-was-helping-black-transgender-youth-so-these-parents-stepped-in/