LGBTQ News, 10/6/21

[Angeline Binick]

I will be out of the office on October 7th and 8th, and thus there will be no LGBTQ news e-mail during that time. The daily LGBTQ news e-mail will resume on Monday, October 11th.

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.        CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

V.         ARTS & CULTURE

VI.        COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Brazil trans lawmaker eyes job quota to curb anti-LGBT+ violence
https://news.trust.org/item/20211006140952-65031/

Australia: New South Wales LGBTIQ advocates react to new Premier
https://qnews.com.au/genuine-concerns-nsw-lgbtiq-advocates-react-to-new-premier/

UK: Carrie Johnson urges Tories to back transgender rights
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/05/carrie-johnson-urges-tories-to-back-transgender-rights

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

2 lesbian women sue state of Nebraska seeking full parental rights
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2-lesbian-women-sue-state-of-nebraska-seeking-full-parental-rights/article_0b3f3057-11d1-531f-b2e1-c042b4e4217d.html

 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

D.C.’s oldest LGBTQ shelter forced to slash services after city cuts funding
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/dcs-oldest-lgbtq-shelter-forced-slash-services-city-cuts-funding-rcna2612

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

West Virginia: Morgantown City Council unanimously approves first reading of ordinance banning conversion therapy
https://www.wvnews.com/morgantownnews/news/morgantown-west-virginia-city-council-unanimously-approves-first-reading-of-ordinance-banning-conversion-therapy/article_0603d808-26c5-11ec-9384-a7803f78b7b5.html

France moves closer to banning so-called gay conversion therapy
https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/06/france-moves-closer-to-banning-so-called-gay-conversion-therapy

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Caster Semenya working on memoir, ‘Silence All the Noise’
https://apnews.com/article/caster-semenya-book-f21d3b0ee4bce91dea726a9a566dad3b

Miss Universe Philippines Has Crowned Its First LGBTQ+ Winner
https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/10/06/miss-universe-philippines-has-crowned-its-first-lgbtq-winner

 

COMMENTARY

TikTok's algorithm leads users from transphobic videos to far-right rabbit holes
https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktoks-algorithm-leads-users-transphobic-videos-far-right-rabbit-holes