LGBTQ News, 7/30/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.   HEALTH

V.    DISCRIMINATION

VI.   HATE CRIMES

VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. SPORTS

IX.   CRIME

X.    COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Saint Lucia court strikes down laws punishing gay sex, rights groups say

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/saint-lucia-court-strikes-down-laws-punishing-gay-sex-rights-groups-say-2025-07-29/ 

UK: NHS nurse’s tribunal over trans doctor’s use of changing room adjourns

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/30/tribunal-employment-nhs-nurse-transgender 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

UPMC subpoenaed by DOJ over gender-affirming care for patients under 19

https://local21news.com/news/local/upmc-subpoenaed-over-gender-affirming-care-for-children# 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

‘Whites-only’ community banning Black, Jewish and gay people set up in Arkansas

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/30/whites-only-community-banning-black-jewish-and-gay-people-set-up-in-arkansas/ 

New Hampshire: Bow school district calls wristband protest ‘targeting and intimidation’ of transgender athletes as parents appeal for free speech rights

https://www.vnews.com/Bow-NH-School-XX-lawsuit-free-speech-appeal-transgender-athelete-62688241 

HEALTH

 

India: Meth, Yaba, Ice are top drugs fueling ‘chemsex’, finds AIIMS Delhi survey

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/meth-yaba-ice-these-are-top-drugs-fuelling-chemsex-finds-aiims-delhi-survey-10158352/ 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Civil rights agency sued over handling of trans worker discrimination complaints

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/civil-rights-agency-sued-handling-trans-worker-discrimination-complain-rcna221905 

UK: Sexual assault charity to exclude trans survivors from single-sex service after Supreme Court ruling

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/30/sexual-assault-charity-excludes-trans-survivors/ 

HATE CRIMES

Texas: Austin police seek men who assaulted a trans woman and her friends, and broke Good Samaritan's jaw

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/crime/austin-assault-transgender-woman-friends 

Nigeria: High School Students Beaten to Death Over Homosexuality Claims

(Trigger warning)

https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/07/29/nigeria-high-school-students-beaten-to-death-over-homosexuality-claims/ 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

WorldPride D.C. attendance numbers still undetermined

Https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/29/worldpride-dc-attendance-numbers-still-undetermined/ 

Florida attorney general demands record of drag show attendees

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/30/florida-drag-show-attendees/

New book compiles interviews with 20 prominent gay authors

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2025/07/27/passionate-outlier-book-review/ 

SPORTS

 

World Athletics mandates gene test for female category eligibility

https://www.reuters.com/sports/world-athletics-mandates-gene-test-female-category-eligibility-2025-07-30/ 

Track and field sets Sept. 1 deadline for female eligibility gene tests ahead of worlds in Tokyo

https://apnews.com/article/world-athletics-semenya-female-eligibility-rules-1c6c27c16a2c4c737da28043a341bec7 

CRIME

 

Oklahoma City homicide suspect dies of possible suicide at Topeka's Mott House

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/crime/2025/07/30/suspect-in-oklahoma-homicide-dies-at-topeka-transgender-support-house/85443903007/ 

COMMENTARY

 

Five must-see exhibitions at London’s Queer Britain museum this summer

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/30/five-must-see-exhibitions-at-londons-queer-britain-museum-this-summer/