LGBTQ News, 5/23/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   BUSINESS

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    DISCRIMINATION

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  CRIME

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

UK: Private hormones ban for under-18s would create a ‘lost generation’ of trans youth, expert warns

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/23/private-hormones-ban-for-under-18s-would-create-a-lost-generation-of-trans-youth-expert-warns/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

House passes tax bill that would ban Medicaid from covering transition-related care

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/house-passes-tax-bill-bans-medicaid-covering-transition-related-care-rcna208618

Delaware marriage equality bill advances out of committee

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/23/delaware-marriage-equality-bill-advances/

Bill allowing trans people to be kept out of bathrooms, locker rooms heads to New Hampshire governor’s desk

https://mainemorningstar.com/briefs/bill-allowing-trans-people-to-be-kept-out-of-bathrooms-locker-rooms-heads-to-nh-governors-desk/

Michigan House approves ban on transgender girls in female K-12 sports

https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/05/michigan-house-approves-ban-on-transgender-girls-in-female-k-12-sports.html

BUSINESS

Most Americans support corporate LGBTQ+ Pride efforts despite pull-back by major brands: report

https://www.advocate.com/business/pride-support-business-winner

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights ‘satanic’. He could now undo healthcare for millions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/supreme-court-case-steven-hotze-hiv-prep

NFL star rails claims trans women are ‘anti-women’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/23/aaron-rodgers-trans-sport-joe-rogan/

DISCRIMINATION

 

Trans student says University of Kansas fired him for talking to media about housing rule change

https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-05-23/trans-student-says-the-university-of-kansas-fired-him-for-talking-to-media-about-lgbt-policy-changes

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Laverne Cox, Reneé Rapp, Deacon Maccubbin named WorldPride grand marshals

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/05/22/worldpride-announces-2025-grand-marshals/

Reneé Rapp joins WorldPride Music Festival lineup

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/renee-rapp

Northern Ireland: Stained glass window at Belfast City Hall celebrates history of LGBTQ+ Pride

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/23/stunning-stained-glass-window-at-belfast-city-hall-celebrates-history-of-lgbtq-pride/

CRIME

Actor Jussie Smollett to pay $50,000 to Chicago charity

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lke8l980no