LGBTQ News, 9/6/22
Angeline Binick
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
IV. HEALTH
V. YOUTH
VI. DISCRIMINATION
VII. HATE CRIMES
VIII. SPORTS
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Iran Sentences 2 Women LGBTQ+ Activists to Death
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/06/iran-sentences-2-women-lgbtq-activists-death
Uganda bans 'immoral' festival linked to sex, drugs, LGBT
https://www.rfi.fr/en/people-and-entertainment/20220906-uganda-bans-immoral-festival-linked-to-sex-drugs-lgbt
Chile rejects new constitution that would have enshrined LGBTQ+ rights
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/05/chile-vote-constitution-rejected-lgbtq-rights/
New British prime minister urged to mend fences with LGBTQ community
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/09/06/new-british-prime-minister-urged-to-mend-fences-with-lgbtq-community/
Heterosexual marriage definition a concern for gay Singaporeans
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/marriage-definition-raises-new-concerns-for-lgbtq-singaporeans
India's LGBT community fights for more visibility
(Video)
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20220906-india-s-lgbt-community-fights-for-more-visibility
U.S. Senate Democrats could link same-sex marriage, gov't funding bills -source
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/govt-funding-gay-marriage-focus-us-congress-returns-break-2022-09-06/
California Could Become Refuge for Trans
Youth Seeking Care
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/9/02/california-could-become-refuge-trans-youth-seeking-care
Texas: Parents Blame Conservative Cell Phone Company for School Book Bans
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/05/parents-blame-conservative-cell-phone-company-school-book-bans
Citing imminent danger Cloudflare drops hate site Kiwi Farms
https://apnews.com/article/technology-gay-rights-7d64f7b71736e091a4b5d1b3935551b5
Trolling website Kiwi Farms shuts down due to ‘immediate threat to human life’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/05/kiwi-farms-shuts-down-cloudflare-trans-swatting/
UK: Christian preacher is sentenced for harassing a transgender woman
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20903733.christian-preacher-sentenced-harassing-transgender-woman/
HEALTH
Gay social and sexual norms are shifting in the PrEP era
https://www.aidsmap.com/news/sep-2022/gay-social-and-sexual-norms-are-shifting-prep-era
New data shows thousands of transgender Medicaid recipients sought care in Florida
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/03/florida-medicaid-transgender-00054387
For Transgender Young People, a Haven From the Outside World. With S’Mores.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/us/transgender-children-summer-camp.html
Texas' family services are 'on the brink of collapse' after requiring child abuse investigations of gender-affirming
care for minors, employees say in court filing
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/01/us/texas-gender-affirming-care-minors-agency-employees-court-filing/index.html
HATE CRIMES
Michigan: Black Trans Woman Dede Ricks Killed in Detroit; Suspect Arrested
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/9/02/black-trans-woman-dede-ricks-killed-detroit-suspect-arrested
Massachusetts: Police investigate transgender pride flag burning at Brookline church as a hate crime
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/05/metro/police-investigate-transgender-pride-flag-burning-brookline-church-hate-crime/
UK: Bimini speaks out after boy is attacked at Great Yarmouth Pride
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-62793125
UK: Rugby Football Union faces legal action over transgender women ban
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/62794267
How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Is Part of the Authoritarian Playbook
https://www.advocate.com/voices/2022/9/03/how-targeting-lgbtq-rights-are-part-authoritarian-playbook
Activist explains why trans and non-binary voices absolutely need to be heard on period poverty
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/06/period-poverty-trans-non-binary-kenny-ethan-jones/