LGBTQ News, 4/12/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.        ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.         CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VI.        HATE CRIMES
VII.       ENTERTAINMENT

VIII.      COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Australia: Independents accuse Morrison of using trans sport ban as a ‘dog-whistle to the ultraconservatives’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/12/independents-accuse-morrison-of-using-trans-sport-ban-as-a-dog-whistle-to-the-ultraconservatives

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Tennessee: Transgender athlete penalty bill heads to governor’s desk
https://apnews.com/article/sports-tennessee-legislature-education-af14334b71c45567ec847c3cc243c9cc

Families and Doctors Sue Over Trans Health Care Ban in Alabama
https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/12/families-and-doctors-sue-over-trans-health-care-ban-alabama

Disney heir comes out publicly as transgender, condemns anti-LGBTQ bills
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/disney-heir-comes-publicly-transgender-condemns-anti-lgbtq-bills-rcna23888

 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

TikTok Suspends Human Rights Campaign For 2 Days Over 'Gay' Comment
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/4/11/tiktok-suspends-human-rights-campaign-2-days-over-gay-comment

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

OAN host: "Biden is the groomer-in-chief"
https://www.mediamatters.org/one-america-news-network/oan-host-biden-groomer-chief

UK: LGB Alliance’s Queen’s jubilee grant suspended amid backlash
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/12/lgb-alliance-national-lottery-arts-council-england-queens-jubilee-fund/

 

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

UK: Majority of Conservative Party voters want ‘conversion therapy’ ban to protect trans people, survey finds
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/majority-of-conservative-party-voters-want-conversion-therapy-ban-to-protect-trans-people-survey-finds/

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Australia: Scott White’s Bid To Delay Sentencing In 1988 Gay Hate Murder Case Dismissed
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/scott-whites-bid-to-delay-sentencing-in-1988-gay-hate-murder-case-dismissed/211933

UK: Suspect charged with killing gay man in London cemetery denies murder
(Trigger warning)
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/12/ranjith-kankanamalage-erik-fold-denies-murder/

 

ENTERTAINMENT

 

100 Years of Men in Love: New film unearths old stories of gay romance
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/100-years-men-love-new-film-unearths-old-stories-gay-romance-rcna23890

 

COMMENTARY

'Groomer,' 'pro-pedophile': Old tropes find new life in anti-LGBTQ movement
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/groomer-pedophile-old-tropes-find-new-life-anti-lgbtq-movement-rcna23931

Black As U R Is a Powerful Glimpse Into the Complexity of Being Black & Queer in the BLM Era
https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2022/4/11/black-u-r-powerful-look-being-black-queer-blm-era

To be young and trans is difficult enough. To be rejected by family is unthinkable
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/12/young-trans-difficult-rejected-family-lgbtq-trans

Conservative talk radio, podcasts join campaign to smear LGBTQ Americans as “groomers”
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/conservative-talk-radio-podcasts-join-republican-campaign-smear-lgbtq-americans