LGBTQ News, 5/6/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   POLITICS

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Rare shelter for displaced LGBT people in Lebanon offers safety in war

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rare-shelter-displaced-lgbt-people-lebanon-offers-safety-war-2026-05-06/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Pennsylvania bill to end state funding for gender transition of minors passes Senate committee

https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/pennsylvania-bill-to-end-state-funding-for-gender-transition-of-minors-passes-senate-committee/

Federal judge baffled by Supreme Court order targeting trans Americans’ passports

https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/supreme-court-transgender-passports-confusion

POLITICS

 

Michigan candidate files complaint over transgender opponent's name on ballot

(Video)

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/video/michigan-candidate-files-complaint-over-transgender-opponents-name-on-ballot/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Christian mobile network Radiant Mobile will block LGBTQ+ content from users

https://www.advocate.com/business/radiant-mobile-christian-phone-network

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Vatican report admits conversion therapy caused LGBTQ+ Catholics’ ‘profound suffering’

https://www.advocate.com/news/religion/catholic-church-conversion-therapy

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Florida: Key West Pride’s state funding pulled

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/05/05/key-west-prides-state-funding-pulled/

COMMENTARY

‘Greater Than’ effort revamps anti-LGBTQ+ junk science against marriage equality

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/greater-than-revamps-anti-lgbtq-against-marriage-equality/