LGBTQ News, 4/11/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.    POLITICS

IV.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V.     HEALTH

VI.    DISCRIMINATION

VII.   HATE CRIMES
VIII.  ARTS & CULTURE

IX.    CRIME

X.     COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

LGBT Aussies Are Advised Caution By The Government When Traveling To The US
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/lgbt-aussies-are-advised-caution-by-the-government-when-travelling-to-the-us/223088

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

40 prominent athletes urge Congress to drop proposed trans sports ban
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/11/40-prominent-athletes-urge-congress-to-drop-proposed-trans-sports-ban/

 

POLITICS

US Education Secretary Cardona discusses transgender athletes, debt, history lessons
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-education-secretary-cardona-transgender-athletes-student-debt-history-lessons-2023-04-11/

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Florida GOP legislator apologizes after calling transgender people 'mutants' and 'demons'
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-legislator-apologizes-calling-transgender-people-mutants-demon-rcna79063

Florida Republican urged to resign over offensive trans remarks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/11/florida-republicans-webtrans-bathroom-bill-hearing

 

HEALTH

Transgender and nonbinary youths are coming out at younger ages, survey says. Risks remain.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/10/transgender-nonbinary-youths-come-out-younger-ages-risks-rise/11566100002/

 

DISCRIMINATION

Pennsylvania: A Central Bucks teacher is suing the district, saying it retaliated against him for helping a transgender student
https://www.mcall.com/2023/04/11/a-central-bucks-teacher-is-suing-the-district-saying-it-retaliated-against-him-for-helping-a-transgender-student/

Texas judge who refused LGBT weddings wants her religious rights lawsuit revived
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/texas-judge-who-refused-lgbt-weddings-wants-her-religious-rights-lawsuit-revived-2023-04-11/

 

HATE CRIMES

Australia: Two gay men left bloodied in horrific ‘homophobic’ attack while on night out in Perth
(Trigger warning)
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/10/homophobic-attack-perth-adrian-lea-meredith-dc/

ARTS & CULTURE

D.C. Library Pride Display Causes Uproar Among Right-Wing Authors, Influencers
https://www.advocate.com/news/dc-library-trolls-posobiec-raichik

Rwanda recognizes LGBTQ relationships in new youth book
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/11/rwanda-recognizes-lgbtq-relationships-in-new-youth-book/

 

CRIME

Maryland: Silver Spring man charged with assault of male victims he met on dating app
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/11/brandon-darryl-kane-assault-dating-app/

 

COMMENTARY

How One Mother’s Love for Her Gay Son Started a Revolution
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/17/how-one-mothers-love-for-her-gay-son-started-a-revolution

Remembering revolutionary Pax Nidorf, who founded LGBT ministry DignityUSA
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/remembering-revolutionary-pax-nidorf-who-founded-lgbt-ministry-dignityusa

Where gender-affirming care for youth is banned, intersex surgery may be allowed
https://www.kvpr.org/2023-04-11/where-gender-affirming-care-for-youth-is-banned-intersex-surgery-may-be-allowed

Transgender student athlete: "We should get to participate in sports like normal kids"
(Video)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/04/09/exp-transgender-athlete-sports-intv-alex-cat-poland-laila-harrak-040903aseg2-cnni-world.cnn