LGBTQ News, 8/6/25

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Angeline Binick

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Aug 6, 2025, 5:07:20 PMAug 6
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I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   HOMELESSNESS
IV.   POLICY / LEGISLATION
V.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI.   HEALTH
VII.  CAMPUS
VIII. RELIGION
IX.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
X.    DISCRIMINATION
XI.   HATE CRIMES
XII.  ARTS & CULTURE

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Italy moves to tighten controls on gender-affirming medical care for minors

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/italy-moves-tighten-controls-gender-affirming-medical-care-minors-2025-08-05/ 



Canada: Nexus card applications no longer accepting 'X' gender marker


India rejects call to change ‘GAY’ airport code after MP deems it ‘culturally offensive’




REGIONAL NEWS

 

Palestinians influenced by demons, homosexuals by a pagan god — Messianic Jews share beliefs at Pa.’s Messiah University

https://www.witf.org/2025/08/06/palestinians-influenced-by-demons-homosexuals-by-a-pagan-god-messianic-jews-share-beliefs-at-pa-s-messiah-university/ 





HOMELESSNESS


New York opens first-in-nation homeless shelter for transgender people




POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Democrats block anti-trans legislation by breaking quorum in Texas

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/08/05/democrats-block-anti-trans-legislation-by-breaking-quorum-in-texas/ 





ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Music teacher who rejected transgender students' chosen names can sue Indiana school

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/music-teacher-who-rejected-transgender-students-chosen-names-can-sue-indiana-2025-08-05/ 





HEALTH

 

UK set to get ‘first dedicated hospice for LGBTQ+ people’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/06/uk-first-dedicated-hospice-lgbtq-people/  



New state Medicaid limits cause some transgender Iowans to table gender-affirming surgeries




CAMPUS

 

Brown University is ‘functionally inaccessible’ to transgender students after Trump settlement

https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-students-unsafe-brown-university 





RELIGION

 

Disability Torah Project offers a new lens for spirituality and religious practice

https://epgn.com/2025/08/05/disability-torah-project-offers-a-new-lens-for-spirituality-and-religious-practice/ 





CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

UK: New Wine apologizes to curate subjected to conversion therapy

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/8-august/news/uk/new-wine-apologises-to-curate-subjected-to-conversion-therapy 





DISCRIMINATION

 

Australia: Transgender woman treated as ‘hostile invader’ when joining women-only app Giggle for Girls, court hears

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/05/transgender-woman-roxanne-tickle-treated-as-hostile-invader-when-joining-women-only-app-giggle-for-girls-court-hears-ntwnfb 





HATE CRIMES

 

FBI report: Despite overall crime drop, anti-LGBTQ+ violence remains alarmingly high

https://www.advocate.com/news/anti-lgbtq-hate-crimes-high 



Texas church vandalized by homophobes gets restored by affirming community


Viral video of her torture shocked Colombia. The killings didn’t stop there
(Trigger warning)




ARTS & CULTURE

 

Netherlands: Amsterdam Pride parade blends celebration and protest in LGBTQ show of solidarity
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3320562/amsterdam-pride-parade-blends-celebration-and-protest-lgbtq-show-solidarity

 


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