LGBTQ News, 1/25/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VI.   RELIGION

VII.  DISCRIMINATION
VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX.   ENTERTAINMENT

X.    SPORTS

XI.    COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

Pakistan's transgender community remains ostracized
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230125-pakistan-s-transgender-community-still-struggling-to-find-acceptance

Young people in England and Wales twice as likely to identify as LGB+
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/25/young-people-england-wales-twice-likely-identify-lgb-overall-population

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Arkansas Advances Bill Terming Drag Shows 'Adult Entertainment,' Similar to Porn
https://www.advocate.com/law/drag-show-arkansas-bill-porn

Drag queens speak against Missouri bills on transgender kids
https://www.manisteenews.com/news/article/drag-queens-speak-against-missouri-bills-on-17739740.php

Utah: Senate Bill 16, transgender youth measure, moves forward but with changes
https://kjzz.com/news/local/senate-bill-16-utah-mike-kennedy-senator-transgender-youth-hormone-treatments-puberty-blockers-reassignment-surgery-gender-identity

Virginia House subcommittee kills anti-transgender bill
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/01/25/va-house-subcommittee-kills-anti-transgender-bill/

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

LGBTQ groups commemorate 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/01/25/lgbtq-groups-commemorate-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Tony Dungy's anti-LGBTQ history gets renewed attention after controversial tweet
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/tony-dungy-tweet-nfl-homophobic-football-transphobic-rcna67322

CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

Fifth of LGBTQ+ people in UK subjected to conversion practices
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/25/fifth-lgbt-people-uk-subjected-conversion-practices

RELIGION

Pope says homosexuality not a crime
https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-gay-rights-ap-interview-1359756ae22f27f87c1d4d6b9c8ce212

DISCRIMINATION

Kentucky: Parents Barred From Volunteering At Kids' Game For Being Gay
https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-parents-basketball-church-kentucky

HATE CRIMES

California: Police Identify 6th Victim in Gay Serial Killings, Raise Reward to $250k
https://www.advocate.com/crime/doodler-killer-gay-6-reward

California: Gay Jewish Student's Alleged Neo-Nazi Murderer Faces Judge
https://www.advocate.com/crime/blaze-bernstein-murderer-hearing

UK: Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following death of drag queen in Cardiff
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/25/drag-queen-death-cardiff-cc-quinn-darren-moore/

ENTERTAINMENT

'No Straight Lines' unearths the hidden history of queer comic books
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/no-straight-lines-unearths-hidden-history-queer-comic-books-rcna66991

SPORTS

Transgender women banned from female contact rugby in Scotland
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/transgender-women-banned-female-contact-rugby-scotland-2023-01-25/

COMMENTARY

Intersex People Deserve Reparations for Non-Consensual Surgeries
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/intersex-people-deserve-reparations-for-non-consensual-surgeries