LGBTQ News, 5/25/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. BUSINESS
IV. POLICY / LEGISLATION
V. POLITICS
VI. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VII. HEALTH
VIII. CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
IX. RELIGION
X. DISCRIMINATION
XI. HATE CRIMES
XII. ARTS & CULTURE
XIII. ENTERTAINMENT
IX. CRIME
X. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Google searches questioning sexuality and gender up 1,300% since 2004, analysis shows
Intersex Kenyans see significant gains since landmark law took effect
Malaysia confiscates ‘LGBT’ rainbow Swatch watches
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/24/malaysia-confiscates-lgbt-rainbow-swatch-watches
REGIONAL NEWS
City to host Reading Pride’s first ‘Pride March and Rally’ June 3
https://berksweekly.com/news/city-to-host-reading-prides-first-pride-march-and-rally-june-3/
BUSINESS
‘Threats’ prompt US Target stores to remove some Pride Collection products
Target quietly moves Pride merchandise in some stores as conservative activists declare victory
Orders surge for trans designer after Target pulls products
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Largest US gay rights group issues Florida travel advisory for anti-LGBTQ+ laws
https://apnews.com/article/florida-travel-advisory-bd34df4eee6287fe0a29888f9b562807
Florida laws targeting LGBT community stoke Pride energy, organizers say
Tennessee Sued Over Assault on Trans Health Care
https://www.advocate.com/law/trans-lawsuit-tennessee
Ohio: More than 200 people submit opponent testimony against bill to limit health care for LGBTQ youth
Montana governor signs law to define 'sex' as only male or female
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/may/24/montana-governor-signs-law-tfp/
Montana first to ban drag performers from reading to children in schools, libraries
Republican-controlled committee rejects Louisiana bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-gender-affirming-care-bf744338a4b1d226fe3ddb91b5ec3c31
POLITICS
Nikki Haley targets transgender influencer during presidential campaign stop
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Proud Boys Set to Target Pride Month Celebrations: Report
https://www.advocate.com/news/proud-boys-target-pride
Video of Pastor Saying Parents of Trans Children Should Be Shot Goes Viral
https://www.newsweek.com/video-pastor-saying-parents-trans-children-should-shot-goes-viral-1801663
Fox Business is airing weekly sermons from a Christian nationalist pastor who has called transgender people a “plan of none other than Satan himself”
Right-wing media melt down about Fox News complying with trans-inclusive discrimination laws
Infowars host: “I can turn my head” if a “Christian activist” wants to vandalize a Pride display at Target
Candace Owens: “Do not shop at Target or else you're gay and you're a pervert”
Daily Wire host: “The Pride flag symbol, we need to make that toxic”
https://www.mediamatters.org/daily-wire/daily-wire-host-pride-flag-symbol-we-need-make-toxic
BlazeTV host Steve Deace calls for the Catholic Church to issue a “fatwa” on the entire Los Angeles Dodgers organization
Polish politician suggests LGBTQ-friendly schools are staffed by ‘pedophiles’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/poland-mikolaj-pawlak-schools-lgbtq-investigation/
HEALTH
Texas Children's Hospitals to stop transgender care in coming months, CEO email says
CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
Cyprus: Parliament passes bill criminalizing conversion therapy
https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/05/25/parliament-passes-bill-criminalising-conversion-therapy/
RELIGION
Some worshippers switching congregations amid United Methodist split over LGBTQ issues
DISCRIMINATION
Florida school system has closed investigation into teacher who showed Disney movie with gay character
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/florida-teacher-lgbtq-disney-movie-investigation/index.html
HATE CRIMES
South Africa: Missing gay man Ntokozo Zuke found murdered in KZN
https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/24/missing-gay-man-ntokozo-zuke-found-murdered-in-kzn/
ARTS & CULTURE
Pennsylvania: Philly Pride, a contentious event in recent years, is scheduled for June 4, 2023
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-pride-june-2023-galaei-20230427.html
Maryland: Rap legends to perform at Baltimore Pride
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/05/14/rap-legends-perform-baltimore-pride-druid-hill-park/
Washington D.C.: Capital Pride announces 2023 honorees, grand marshals
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/05/25/rachel-levine-grand-marshal-capital-pride/
Namibia: Drag event cancelled amid anti-LGBTQ+ backlash
https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/25/namibia-drag-event-cancelled-amid-anti-lgbtq-backlash/
ENTERTAINMENT
Fortune Feimster Is Bravely Bringing Queer Comedy To Red States
https://gomag.com/article/fortune-feimster-is-bravely-bringing-queer-comedy-to-red-states/
CRIME
NYPD investigates another victim in connection to gay bar drugging scheme, police sources say
COMMENTARY
What the 2020 census can — and can't — tell us about LGBTQ people
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1174739030/census-lgbtq-data-same-sex-households-ask-about-sexuality
Libraries are being accused of offering child porn. Librarians explain why that's not true
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-libraries-book-challenges-1.6851688
As a teacher, I’ve watched students learn misogyny and anti-LGBTQ+ hate from the internet
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/25/teacher-misogyny-anti-lgbtq-schools-andrew-tate/
Target is being held hostage by an anti-LGBTQ campaign
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/business/target-lgbtq-merchandise-pressure-trans/index.html
“Taste was never the point”: The Daily Wire’s anti-trans chocolate is a bitter deal
How Anti-LGBTQ+ Nations Fuel the HIV Epidemic
https://www.hivplusmag.com/world-news/anti-lgbtq-nations-fuel-hiv
Indian activists call for recognition of queer relationships beyond marriage