LGBTQ News, 6/23/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   HEALTH

IV.   CONVERSION THERAPY

V.    HATE CRIMES

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Scottish government faces legal action over failure to implement biological sex ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/18/scottish-government-given-deadline-to-implement-ruling-on-biological-sex

UK: Dismay as council removes Pride flag in Derbyshire after Christians complain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/matlock-derbyshire-council-removes-pride-flag-christians-complain

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Texas sued over 'Don't Say Gay' law that bans LGBTQ+ student clubs

https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-lgbtq-clubs-lawsuit

Gov. Abbott signs 'women's bill of rights' which opponents call an attack on trans Texans

https://wgxa.tv/news/nation-world/gov-abbott-signs-womens-bill-of-rights-which-opponents-call-an-attack-on-trans-texans

Delaware governor signs order to protect gender-affirming care

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/23/del-governor-signs-order-to-protect-gender-affirming-care/

HEALTH

 

Judicial review puts UK’s only regulated private clinic for trans teens at risk

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/23/judicial-review-trans-teen-private-clinic-gender-plus-hormone-clinic/

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

South Carolina: Columbia City Council to take second vote on repealing conversion therapy ban

https://www.wistv.com/2025/06/23/columbia-city-council-take-second-vote-repealing-conversion-therapy-ban/

HATE CRIMES

 

Washington D.C.: Rainbow History Project WorldPride exhibition hit by vandalism

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/23/rainbow-history-project-worldpride-exhibition-vandalism/

New York: Teen suspects accused of armed robbery in suspected hate crime in Ramapo

https://westchester.news12.com/teen-suspects-accused-of-armed-robbery-in-suspected-hate-crime-in-ramapo

ARTS & CULTURE

 

New York: Trans flags left at Stonewall monument in defiance of Trump administration ban

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/23/stonewall-national-monument-trans-flags-pride/

Hungary Pride march wins backing of some foreign embassies, but not US

https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-pride-march-wins-backing-some-foreign-embassies-not-us-2025-06-23/

COMMENTARY

 

American Evangelical churches masquerade as connoisseurs of African family values

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/23/american-evangelical-churches-masquerade-as-connoisseurs-of-african-family-values/

What to know about the Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago that legalized same-sex marriage in the US

https://apnews.com/article/samesex-marriage-supreme-court-anniversary-obergefell-hodges-dc87ed0744c292428aaef89f8357b966