LGBTQ News, 5/17/22
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. CRIME
III. POLITICS
IV. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. INCARCERATION
VIII. CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
IX. DISCRIMINATION
X. ARTS & CULTURE
XI. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Australia: Pledge You Won’t Discriminate Against Us, LGBT Students Union Tells Federal Election Candidates
Bulgaria issues birth certificate to same-sex couple’s baby after landmark legal battle
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/17/bulgaria-baby-sara-birth-certificate-lgbtq/
Lithuania proposes ‘civil unions’ compromise after MPs reject same-sex partnerships
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/17/lithuania-same-sex-partnerships-civil-unions/
CRIME
South Africa: OUT offers support to queer dating app victims
https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/05/17/out-offers-support-to-queer-dating-app-victims/
POLITICS
Biden warns of 'rising hate and violence' against LGBTQ people
GOP candidates unleash wave of ads targeting transgender rights
PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
NBA Star Reggie Bullock Is Award Finalist for His LGBTQ+ Advocacy
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Illinois: Harlem School Board bans ‘Gender Queer’ book
https://www.wifr.com/2022/05/17/harlem-school-board-bans-gender-queer-book/
HEALTH
Gay & Bi Men at Risk as Outbreak of Monkeypox Hits UK
https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2022/5/17/gay-bisexual-men-risk-outbreak-monkeypox-disease-hits-uk
INCARCERATION
Canada: Documents show a pattern of human rights abuses against gender diverse prisoners
CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
Unconverted
Conversion “therapy” is banned in three states and territories in Australia, but no national ban exists.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/conversion-therapy-in-australia-calls-for-ban/101041368
Australia: Call for ban on conversion 'therapy'
(Video)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/call-for-ban-on-conversion-therapy/13885574
Israeli man subjected to gay 'conversion therapy'
(Video)
https://www.dw.com/en/lgbtq-israeli-man-subjected-to-gay-conversion-therapy/av-61825425
Netherlands: Ban on gay conversion therapy will have great symbolic value, say researchers
https://nltimes.nl/2022/05/17/ban-gay-conversion-therapy-will-great-symbolic-value-researchers
DISCRIMINATION
North Carolina: Woman Sues University After Alleging Golf Coach Outed Her
ARTS & CULTURE
‘The First Twenty: Queer Latine,’ the Documentary That Pays Tribute to LGBTQ+ Latines in Theater
https://belatina.com/the-first-twenty-queer-latine-documentary-theater/
COMMENTARY
Sex and gender binaries don’t tell the entire story of life
https://www.popsci.com/science/been-there-done-that-rachel-feltman/
In Midwestern schools, LGBTQ teachers face discrimination, hate and their own fears
Why homophobia against straight men matters
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/17/homophobia-against-straight-men-lgbtq