LGBTQ News, 4/20/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
IV. POLITICS
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
VIII. HATE CRIMES
IX. ARTS & CULTURE
X. CRIME
XI. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Australia: Report On New Law To Ban Religious Schools From Discriminating Against LGBT Students Delayed
Australia: Sydney BLM and trans rights protesters fail to overturn COVID fines using freedom of speech argument
Luxembourg leader champions LGBTQ rights, chastises Hungary
https://apnews.com/article/europe-lgbt-rights-eu-parliament-b040b7a2b7c8cf02cf9677f24e0e7785
EU parliament denounces Uganda anti-gay bill
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230420-eu-parliament-denounces-uganda-anti-gay-bill
Extreme anti-gay legislation has much of Uganda's LGBTQ community living in fear
(Audio)
Global scientists urge Uganda's president to veto anti-LGBTQ bill
Uganda president sends anti-LGBTQ bill back to parliament
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Book bans in US public schools increase by 28% in six months, Pen report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/20/book-bans-us-public-schools-increase-pen-america
House Passes Anti-Trans Sports Bill
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/politics/house-transgender-sports-bill/index.html
North Carolina: General Assembly passes trans athlete restrictions, could be veto-proof
North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care
POLITICS
Montana Republicans Attempt to Censure Trans Lawmaker for 'Blood on Your Hands' Remark
https://www.advocate.com/politics/zooey-zephyr-censure-montana
Montana lawmakers deliberately misgender a transgender colleague
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Virginia Senate Candidate Claims Public Schools ‘Poisoned the Mind’ of His Nonbinary Child
HEALTH
Middle Eastern, North African LGBTQ Youth Report High Risk of Suicide Attempts
https://www.advocate.com/health/lgbtq-youth-mena-suicide
CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
Kentucky legislature lets anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ stay legal for yet another year
HATE CRIMES
Anheuser-Busch Facilities Face Threats After Bud Light Backlash
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/business/bud-light-threats/index.html
UK: London home of trans women and gay man torched in suspected anti-LGBTQ+ arson attack
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/20/london-whitechapel-arson/
ARTS & CULTURE
Australia: NSW Premier Announces Old Darlinghurst Police Station Will House New Sydney LGBT Museum
Russia's Bolshoi ballet drops 'Nureyev' after 'LGBT propaganda' law
CRIME
‘I Got an Umbrella and Ambition’: Indictment Reveals Alleged Conspiracy Behind Gay Bar Deaths
COMMENTARY
LGBT Allies Are Working Together to Jam Missouri’s Anti-Trans “Tip Line”
https://truthout.org/articles/lgbt-allies-are-working-together-to-jam-missouris-anti-trans-tip-line/
With Six Weeks Left This Session, Queer Texans Aren’t Done Fighting
4 ways queer and trans Muslims are transforming Ramadan for themselves
Peru Ruling a Victory for LGBT Equality
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/20/peru-ruling-victory-lgbt-equality
Uganda president won't sign anti-LGBT right bill — for now
https://www.dw.com/en/ugandas-president-refuses-to-sign-anti-lgbt-right-bill-for-now/a-65385579
Gay in Uganda - A life or death situation
(Audio)
https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/podcast-gay-uganda-life-or-death-situation-2023-04-20/