LGBTQ News, 9/30/21

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.        HEALTH

V.         CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

VI.        DISCRIMINATION

VII.       ARTS & CULTURE

VIII.      SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Kenya: Intersex people call for reforms, decry rampant discrimination

https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/nyanza/2021-09-29-intersex-people-call-for-reforms-decry-rampant-discrimination/

 

 

Scotland first country to roll out LGBT inclusive education in schools

https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/09/30/scotland-first-country-to-roll-out-lgbt-inclusive-education-in-schools/

 

 

UK: Javid accuses Starmer of denying ‘scientific fact’ in trans rights row

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/26/javid-accuses-starmer-of-denying-scientific-fact-in-trans-rights-row

 

 

Colombia’s first openly gay congressman to seek re-election

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/29/colombias-first-openly-gay-congressman-to-seek-re-election/

 

 

Australia: Court To Decide If Parents Can Lose Custody For Not Supporting Their Trans Child

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/court-to-decide-if-parents-can-lose-custody-for-not-supporting-their-trans-child/205749

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Michigan: Proposed policy would offer protections for transgender students in Saline schools

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2021/09/proposed-policy-would-offer-protections-for-transgender-students-in-saline-schools.html

 

 

2nd largest school district in Utah bans Pride & BLM flags as ‘too political’

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/25/2nd-largest-school-district-in-utah-bans-pride-blm-flags-as-too-political/

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

New York: Catholic protest backfires outside ‘erotic lesbian nun’ movie

https://qnews.com.au/catholic-protest-majorly-backfires-outside-erotic-lesbian-nun-movie/

 

 

UK: Tories swiftly condemned for hosting anti-trans group LGB Alliance at party conference

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/30/lgb-alliance-conservative-party-conference-trans/

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

 

Alarming numbers of Texas trans kids in crisis over litany of anti-trans bills

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/25/alarming-numbers-of-texas-trans-kids-in-crisis-over-litany-of-anti-trans-bills/

 

 

Top Takeaways on HIV, Hepatitis C and LGBTQ Health From SYNC 2021

https://www.poz.com/article/top-takeaways-hiv-hepatitis-c-lgbtq-health-sync-2021

 

 

UK: Legal action launched against NHS over trans healthcare wait times

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/30/trans-healthcare-good-law-project/

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Australia: Libs give ‘iron-clad guarantee’ not to amend laws banning gay conversion therapy

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/you-can-t-pray-away-the-gay-libs-give-iron-clad-guarantee-not-to-amend-laws-banning-gay-conversion-therapy-20210930-p58w0d.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Texas: Students stage walkout after trans girl banned from locker room

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/30/temple-high-school-walk-out-trans-student/

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Shadowed By Controversy, NASA Won't Rename New Space Telescope

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041707730/shadowed-by-controversy-nasa-wont-rename-new-space-telescope

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPORTS

 

New guidelines for transgender participation unveiled by UK sports councils

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/29/new-guidelines-for-transgender-participation-unveiled-by-uk-sports-councils