LGBTQ News, 6/3/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V.    MILITARY

VI.   HATE CRIMES

VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. SPORTS

IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Trans Ugandans build power through business

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/03/trans-ugandans-build-power-through-business/

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Lancaster County LGBTQ+ organization changes its name

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-chooses-love-lgbtq-pride-month-lititz-pennsylvania/64937140

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows ‘X’ as a third gender choice on birth certificates

https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-birth-certificates-ruling-non-binary-93f9f62551fe7796485c081aea055384

State House members reintroduce Pennsylvania Fairness Act

https://www.abc27.com/news/state-house-members-reintroduce-pennsylvania-fairness-act/

Pa. House committee hears testimony on bill to decriminalize HIV
https://epgn.com/2025/06/02/decriminalizing-hiv-pennsylvania-testimonies/

US judge rules prisons must provide gender-affirming care for trans people

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/us-judge-trans-care-prisons

Texas legislature passes 'Don't Say Gay' law that bans LGBTQ+ student clubs
https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-dont-say-gay-lgbtq-clubs

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Charlie Kirk guest host says Pride Month is “cultural tyranny” and “we should just get rid of it altogether”

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-guest-host-says-pride-month-cultural-tyranny-and-we-should-just-get-rid

MILITARY

 

Hegseth orders US navy to strip Harvey Milk name from ship amid Pride month

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/harvey-milk-ship-name-hegseth

Cadets who met all Air Force Academy graduation standards denied commissions because they’re transgender

https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-cadets-graduates-denied-commission

HATE CRIMES

 

‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home
https://apnews.com/article/king-of-hill-actor-fatally-shot-joss-35845e25be4a4b42ea9c9cdb2a2a66e8

ARTS & CULTURE

 

D.C. police chief rescinds request to close Dupont Circle Park for WorldPride

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/03/d-c-police-chief-rescinds-request-to-close-dupont-circle-park-for-worldpride/

Baltimore Pride to hold annual ‘50 Shades of Pride’ festival

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/03/baltimore-pride-to-hold-annual-50-shades-of-pride-festival/

SPORTS

 

World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy
https://apnews.com/article/imane-khelif-sex-test-boxing-209aa0a06d00da31940d0050df56fab9

Wake Forest baseball coach apologizes for apparent homophobic slur

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/baseball/wake-forest-baseball-coach-apologizes-homophobic-slur-rcna210612

COMMENTARY

Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/03/us-bans-gender-affirming-care-harm-trans-youth