LGBTQ News, 10/18/21

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.        DISCRIMINATION
V.         HATE CRIMES

VI.        ARTS & CULTURE

VII.       COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Australia: Intersex people urge ban on non-consensual 'sex-normalisation' surgeries
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-17/intersex-reform-sex-normalisation-surgery-children/100538054

Botswana attorney general seeks to recriminalize homosexuality
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/10/18/botswana-attorney-general-seeks-to-recriminalize-homosexuality/

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Texas bill banning transgender students in school sports heads to governor’s desk
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-bill-banning-transgender-students-school-sports-heads-governors-rcna3203

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Russian Anti-Feminist, Anti-LGBT, Racist Group Declared 'Extremist'
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-male-state-extremist/31517689.html

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Tennessee: Lesbian sues federal government after being rejected by foster agency
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/lesbian-sues-federal-government-rejected-foster-agency-rcna3084

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Washington: Trans Student Left Bruised After Assault at School
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/15/trans-student-left-bruised-after-assault-school

Black Trans Woman Royal Poetical Starz Killed in Florida
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/15/black-trans-woman-royal-poetical-starz-killed-florida

Australia: Man threatened to kill TV staff for supporting LGBT+ people
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/17/qa-australia-david-wonnocott-homphobia/

Jamaica: Teen Set Ablaze, Left for Dead After Meeting Man From Gay Dating Site
(Trigger warning)
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/10/18/teen-set-ablaze-left-dead-after-meeting-man-gay-dating-site

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

'A time of coming out': Greenham lesbians reflect on UK peace camp
https://news.trust.org/item/20211018172526-j1uxd/

 

COMMENTARY

I don’t recognize my own country anymore in Ghana’s new anti-gay bill
https://qz.com/africa/2075209/what-does-ghanas-anti-gay-bill-mean-for-lgbtqi-and-allies/

India’s Medical Curriculum Gets LGBTI Update
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/18/indias-medical-curriculum-gets-lgbti-update

Australia Moves Closer to Ending Harmful Intersex Surgeries
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/18/australia-moves-closer-ending-harmful-intersex-surgeries