LGBTQ News, 10/14/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

IV.   HATE CRIMES

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/14/trans-people-risk-exclusion-many-uk-public-spaces-rights-expert-says 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Two years on, Oregon’s transgender health care law faces obstacles

https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/10/14/two-years-on-oregons-transgender-health-care-law-faces-obstacles/ 

Virginia: Arlington could be first in nation to rescind LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections

https://www.advocate.com/politics/arlington-lgbtq-discrimination-ordinance-reversed 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

'They break you': Colombia debates a ban on conversion therapy

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/colombia-ban-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-rcna237564 

HATE CRIMES

 

South Africa: Second NWU LGBTQ+ Pride Mural Defaced in a Month

https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/10/13/a-pattern-of-hate-second-nwu-lgbtq-pride-mural-defaced-in-a-month/