LGBTQ News, 7/1/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL  NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   DISCRIMINATION

V.    HATE CRIMES

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

More than 100 people have been convicted of LGBTQ+ ‘extremism’ in Russia

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/01/more-than-100-people-have-been-convicted-of-lgbtq-extremism-in-russia/

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Human Rights Commission reminds residents of their rights

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/education/2025/07/01/human-rights-commission-reminds-residents-of-their-rights/84421365007/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Iowa’s civil rights protections no longer include gender identity as new law takes effect

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-civil-rights-code-gender-identity-d90d374e821b5663b8114eef27e8d03d

Supreme Court orders judges to reconsider protections for transgender people in four states

https://www.advocate.com/news/scotus-erode-transgender-protections

DISCRIMINATION

 

Louisiana: Metairie parents rally behind gay Catholic teacher who lost his job at St. Francis Xavier

https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-gay-music-teacher-out-of-job/65211845

HATE CRIMES

 

Northern Ireland: Teen in court after slurry sprayed on streets ahead of Pride event
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/01/ballymena-pride-slurry-isaac-adams/

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Meet the Man Making Classical Music Gay Again

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a65263166/meet-the-man-making-classical-music-gay-again/

SPORTS

 

Soccer ban sparks fears of widening trans exclusion in the UK
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-soccer-sports-uk-supreme-court-ruling-86feea0ac2be766aedb3a8856fb7a6f9