LGBTQ News, 1/27/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.    HEALTH

V.     DISCRIMINATION

VI.    HATE CRIMES

VII.   ARTS & CULTURE

VIII.  CRIME

IX.    COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Indian Government Rejects Appointment Of Out Gay Judge

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/indian-government-rejects-appointment-of-out-gay-judge/220844

 

 

German parliament honors LGBTQ+ Holocaust victims in historic commemoration

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/27/holocaust-memorial-day-germany-lgbtq/

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Less than 10% of 2022’s anti-LGBTQ state bills became law, report finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/less-10-2022s-anti-lgbtq-state-bills-became-law-report-finds-rcna67619

 

 

Virginia Senate subcommittee tables three anti-transgender bills

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/01/27/va-senate-subcommittee-tables-three-anti-transgender-bills/

 

 

North Dakota Advances Bill Terming Drag Shows 'Adult' Entertainment

https://www.advocate.com/politics/drag-shows-north-dakota-adult

 

 

People perceived to be gay could be eligible for asylum, U.S. court says

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/people-perceived-be-gay-could-be-eligible-asylum-us-court-says-2023-01-26/

 

 

Mississippi: State House passes bill regulating transgender medical procedures

https://www.leader-call.com/news/free_news/state-house-passes-bill-regulating-transgender-medical-procedures/article_5454a06c-9e80-11ed-92ee-1bc83403cb2e.html

 

 

 

 

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Florida: First Baptist Church members must now sign sexuality oath opposing LGBTQ freedoms

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/first-baptist-church-requires-members-to-sign-statement/77-8ae1a00b-0af7-4ab9-bc9b-bb18a5daf383

 

 

Mat Staver Tells Christian Schools to Bar Children of Same-Sex Families

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/mat-staver-bar-children-same-sex-families/

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

 

FDA moves to ease rules for blood donations from gay men

https://apnews.com/article/health-us-food-and-drug-administration-lgbtq-people-canada-blood-donation-9c11389da42c14ac2e80366f271aa1b7

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Colorado baker loses appeal over refusal to make gender transition cake

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/colorado-baker-loses-appeal-over-refusal-make-gender-transition-cake-2023-01-26/

 

 

 

 

 

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Data shows huge increase in trans hate crimes across Scotland in past decade

https://xtramagazine.com/power/hate-crimes-rise-scotland-244357

 

 

 

 

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

UK: Theatrical tour tells LGBTQ+ history of Tower of London

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/27/theatrical-tour-tells-lgbtq-history-of-tower-of-london

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRIME

 

Illinois: Latinx Trans Woman Unique Banks Killed in Chicago Home Invasion

https://www.advocate.com/crime/latinx-trans-woman-killed-chicago

 

 

Georgia: Queer Environmental Activist Killed by Police in Atlanta

https://www.advocate.com/news/queer-environmental-activist-killed-police

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

LGBTQ People: Germany's long-forgotten victims of the Nazis

https://www.dw.com/en/lgbtq-people-germanys-long-forgotten-victims-of-the-nazis/a-64533968

 

 

Authorities have been trying to suppress public gender nonconformity for centuries—and now the U.S. is stepping up the attacks

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/moral-panic-drag-bans-244311

 

 

Healthcare challenges for men in the LGBTQ community go beyond HIV/AIDS

https://epgn.com/2023/01/25/healthcare-challenges-for-men-in-the-lgbtq-community-go-beyond-hiv-aids/