LGBTQ News, 10/27/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    MILITARY
VI.   INCARCERATION

VII.  DISCRIMINATION

VIII. HATE CRIMES

IX.   ARTS & CULTURE

X.    SPORTS

XI.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Key Watch Ghana marks Intersex Awareness Day with call for equality and acceptance

https://www.ghanaweb.com/blogs/virginblogger/Key-Watch-Ghana-marks-Intersex-Awareness-Day-with-call-for-equality-and-acceptance-14275 

Nigeria: Intersex community calls for legal recognition, condemns harmful surgeries on newborns

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/naija-fashion/831049-intersex-community-calls-for-legal-recognition-condemns-harmful-surgeries-on-newborns.html 

UK: EHRC trans guidance will cause ‘minefield’ for businesses, Labour MPs warn

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/labour-mps-letter-ehrc-trans-businesses/ 

REGIONAL NEWS

A group checked 193 PA school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies. What did it find?

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/education/2025/10/27/pa-school-districts-book-bans-anti-lgbtq-spotlight-survey/86875300007/ 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Maine could vote on stripping protections for transgender students in 2026

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/27/maine-could-vote-on-stripping-protections-for-transgender-students-in-2026/ 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Maryland: Harford County parent voices concerns about transgender students using locker rooms

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/transgender-locker-room-southampton-middle-school-maryland-harford-county/ 

MILITARY

 

King Charles III dedicates Britain’s first national memorial to LGBTQ+ troops

https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-uk-lgbt-troops-memorial-29d3c25097dc08e3f43e250f2313bd08 

INCARCERATION

 

Gay Russian asylum seekers remain in ICE custody

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/26/gay-russian-asylum-seekers-remain-in-ice-custody/ 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Virginia: Employees at VA hospital say they could be fired for wearing rainbow colors to work

https://www.advocate.com/news/hampton-va-hospital-rainbow-lanyards 

HATE CRIMES

 

Colorado: Denver police looking for suspect in 'targeted attacks' on 4 LGBTQ businesses in Denver

https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/denver-police-looking-for-suspect-in-targeted-attack-on-four-queer-affirming-businesses-in-denver 

Colorado: Denver LGBTQ community center vandalized

https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/center-on-colfax-vandalism/73-9b1fbab7-9cc0-442f-bb1c-ea2f749dba92 

New Hampshire: Concord man faces $5,000 in fines for alleged transgender hate crime

https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/concord-man-faces-5-000-in-fines-for-alleged-transgender-hate-crime/article_eff655b8-e65f-4886-9b64-20d5e71711cb.html

ARTS & CULTURE

 

California: West Hollywood Acknowledges Intersex Awareness Day with Installation of Intersex Pride Flag

https://wehotimes.com/the-city-of-west-hollywood-acknowledges-intersex-awareness-day-with-installation-of-intersex-pride-flag/ 

LGBTQ+ collective walks in Mexico City’s Catrinas march ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-catrinas-day-of-dead-f857278ab7be03e96857c15874448021

Tens of thousands brave rain at east Asia's largest Pride march in Taiwan

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tens-thousands-brave-rain-east-asias-largest-pride-march-taiwan-2025-10-25/ 

SPORTS

 

Swimmer banned by World Aquatics for five years after refusing gender test

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/world-aquatics-hannah-caldas-trans-swimming-ban/ 

COMMENTARY

Erasure laws are the new frontline of anti-LGBTQ hate

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/24/erasure-laws-are-the-new-frontline-of-anti-lgbtq-hate/