LGBTQ News, 5/20/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   HEALTH

V.    INCARCERATION

VI.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VII.  DISCRIMINATION

VIII. HATE CRIMES

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Kenya: Court rules Kenyans can change gender markers on official documents

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/amp/national/article/2001548310/court-gives-green-light-for-the-alteration-of-gender-markers-despite-missing-law

Bangladesh: Hijra community demands government employment, housing and social security

https://thedailymorningglory.com/2026/05/20/hijra-community-demands-government-employment-housing-and-social-security/

REGIONAL NEWS

 

York County man accused of threatening to toss Pennsylvania lawmaker into wood chipper

https://www.abc27.com/local-news/york/york-county-man-accused-of-threatening-to-toss-pennsylvania-lawmaker-into-wood-chipper/amp/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

New Jersey lawmakers move forward on shield law protecting trans healthcare
https://epgn.com/2026/05/20/n-j-lawmakers-move-forward-on-shield-law-protecting-trans-healthcare/

HEALTH

 

Court won't block Rhode Island hospital from releasing transgender care records to Texas judge

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/court-wont-block-rhode-island-hospital-releasing-transgender-care-records-texas-2026-05-20/

Rhode Island Hospital intends to release records to comply with Texas judge’s midnight deadline

https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/05/19/rhode-island-hospital-intends-to-release-records-to-comply-with-texas-judges-midnight-deadline/

Colorado’s top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors

https://apnews.com/article/colorado-court-children-genderaffirming-care-hospital-a5de7232e48ce76f8e31cac3ba53b8c1

INCARCERATION

 

DOJ probes Washington prisons' transgender inmate policy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/19/doj-transgender-prison-washington-investigation/90168823007/

Federal judge again blocks Trump from moving trans women into men’s prisons

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/womens-prisons-transgender-injuction

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

Former ‘gay cure’ ministry leader set to face judge after arrest linked to underage sex sting

Deputies say Alan Chambers communicated for months with someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/former-gay-cure-ministry-leader-alan-chambers-charged-underage-sex-sting/PNFQ5ZIZKBH4JM2EGUWP3N22TE/

West Virginia: Morgantown City Council advances amendment to conversion therapy ordinance

https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/morgantown-city-council-advances-amendment-to-conversion-therapy-ordinance/

DISCRIMINATION

 

Florida: PSC reverses student magazine decision after blocking publication of LGBTQ stories
https://weartv.com/news/local/psc-reverses-student-magazine-decision-after-blocking-publication-of-lgbtq-stories

HATE CRIMES

 

Wisconsin: Koi fish street art on Milwaukee's east side defaced with anti-gay slur

https://cbs58.com/news/its-upsetting-koi-fish-street-art-on-milwaukees-east-side-defaced-with-anti-gay-slur

Florida: 1 bonds out, 1 in jail after being charged with vandalizing Ocean Drive LGBTQ bench with hateful symbols
https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/2-charged-with-vandalizing-ocean-drive-lgbtq-bench-with-hateful-symbols/