LGBTQ News, 4/6/22
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
IV. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V. HEALTH
VI. CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VII. DISCRIMINATION
VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX. SPORTS
X. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Hungary's LGBT community reacts to referendum
(Video)
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2019520067805
British government cancels global LGBTQ rights conference
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/04/05/british-government-cancels-global-lgbtq-rights-conference/
REGIONAL NEWS
Activists and LGBTQ residents call for Chambersburg’s nondiscrimination ordinance to be reinstated
https://www.witf.org/2022/04/05/activists-and-lgbtq-residents-call-for-chambersburgs-nondiscrimination-ordinance-to-be-reinstated/
Ohio introduces its own ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/04/05/ohio-introduces-its-own-dont-say-gay-bill/
Florida and Texas
hit with travel bans by Los Angeles county officials
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/la-county-texas-florida-travel-lgbt/
Tennessee Considers Straights-Only Marriage
Option With No Minimum Age
https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/4/06/tennessee-considers-straights-only-marriage-option-no-minimum-age
From schools to statehouses, conservative Moms for Liberty push to grow influence
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/schools-statehouses-conservative-moms-liberty-push-grow-influence-rcna23093
Massachusetts:
Catholic Bishop Demands US School Take Down LGBT Pride And BLM Flags
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/catholic-bishop-demands-us-school-take-down-lgbt-pride-and-blm-flags/211749
UK: Johnson says biological males ‘should
not compete in female sporting events’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/06/johnson-says-trans-athletes-should-not-compete-in-sport-that-does-not-match-biological-sex
HEALTH
Ukrainian trans people struggling to access vital healthcare
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/ukraine-trans-healthcare/
UK medical bodies tell government: Trans conversion therapy must end, without delay
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/conversion-therapy-ban-uk-medical-assocation/
Gay Firefighter Alleges FDNY Told Him To Have Sex With Women
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/06/gay-firefighter-alleges-fdny-told-him-have-sex-women
HATE CRIMES
Black Trans Woman Kesha Webster Found Dead in Jackson, Mississippi
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/4/05/black-trans-woman-kesha-webster-found-dead-jackson-mississippi
South Africa: Life sentences for hate
crime rape of 19-year-old lesbian
https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/04/06/life-sentences-for-hate-crime-rape-of-19-year-old-lesbian/
Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges says she was 'harassed and demonised' after exclusion from national championships
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/sport/emily-bridges-uci-decision-spt-intl/index.html
5 most challenged LGBTQ books of 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/5-challenged-lgbtq-books-2021-rcna23068