LGBTQ News, 1/5/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.    GLOBAL NEWS

II.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.  HATE CRIMES

IV.  ARTS & CULTURE

V.   MEDIA

VI.  COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Queer Russian activists won’t give up their fight

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/05/russia-lgbtq-propaganda-activists/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Oklahoma: Senator introduces bill banning gender-affirming surgery for under 26s

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/05/oklahoma-ban-gender-affirming-surgeries-for-under-26/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Man who threatened mass shooting against gay people at Florida State University arrested by FBI

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2023/01/04/man-who-threatened-mass-shooting-at-fsu-in-discord-post-arrested-by-fbi/69778884007/

 

 

Florida Family Accused of Beating, Blinding Gay Man Appears in Court

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/crime/2023/1/05/florida-family-accused-beating-blinding-gay-man-appears-court

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Indian activists embrace the power of queer archiving to rebalance history

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/queer-archiving-243331

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIA

 

GLAAD Denounces NYT's Hiring of Anti-LGBTQ+ Columnist David French

https://www.advocate.com/media/2023/1/04/glaad-denounces-nyts-hiring-anti-lgbtq-columnist-david-french

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

Health care for transgender adults becomes new target in 2023 legislative session

https://19thnews.org/2023/01/trans-health-care-bills-2023-legislative-session-lgbtq/

 

 

Right-wing media falsely frame historic LGBTQ legislation as an attack on Christians

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-falsley-frame-historic-lgbtq-legislation-attack-christians