LGBTQ News, 9/28/22

[Angeline Binick]

I will be out of the office on September 29th and 30th, and thus there will be no LGBTQ news e-mail during that time. The daily LGBTQ news e-mail will resume on Monday, October 3rd.

I.    GLOBAL NEWS

II.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

III.  HEALTH

IV.  MILITARY

V.   HATE CRIMES
VI.  ARTS & CULTURE

VII. COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

Gay foster parents have baby taken from them after intervention by Turkish government
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/28/gay-foster-parents-germany-turkey-jugendamt/

Situation in UAE increasingly worrying for international LGBTQ community
https://www.dw.com/en/situation-in-uae-increasingly-worrying-for-international-lgbtq-community/a-63257963

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Right-Wing Lawyer Targeting PrEP Now Goes After Bisexuals
https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/9/28/right-wing-lawyer-targeting-prep-now-goes-after-bisexuals

HEALTH

U.S. CDC expands pre-exposure eligibility for monkeypox vaccine
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cdc-director-us-adopting-prep-strategy-expand-monkeypox-vaccine-eligibility-2022-09-28/

Health organizations challenge Florida's Medicaid rule regarding transgender treatments
https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2022-09-28/health-organizations-challenge-floridas-medicaid-rule-regarding-transgender-treatments

Top surgery drastically improves quality of life for young transgender people, study finds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-transgender-people-top-surgery-quality-of-life-northwestern-medicine-study/

MILITARY

Fears of openly gay troops were vastly overblown: Pentagon report
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/09/28/fears-of-openly-gay-troops-were-vastly-overblown-pentagon-report/

HATE CRIMES

Australia: Tasmanian Woman Who Harassed, Abused Gay Couple Gets Six Weeks Suspended Sentence
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/tasmanian-woman-who-harassed-abused-gay-couple-gets-six-weeks-suspended-sentence/216953

ARTS & CULTURE

Breaking the Binary Theater Festival puts representation in focus
https://gaycitynews.com/breaking-binary-theater-festival-focus-representation/

Tunisia’s LGBTQ scene celebrates Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/09/tunisias-lgbtq-scene-celebrates-mawjoudin-queer-film-festival

COMMENTARY

They tried to shut down Drag Story Hour. A Montana bookstore fought back
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/28/drag-queen-story-hour-book-store-montana