LGBTQ News, 3/16/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLITICS

III.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.   HEALTH

V.    INCARCERATION

VI.   DISCRIMINATION

VII.  HATE CRIMES

VIII. ARTS & CULTURE

IX.   SPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Faith Leaders Urge Ghana’s Parliament to Reject Extreme Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/03/16/faith-leaders-urge-ghanas-parliament-to-reject-extreme-anti-lgbtq-bill/

POLITICS

 

Mayor Mamdani appoints trans woman to run first-ever NYC Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs

https://www.advocate.com/news/mamdani-office-lgbtqia-affairs-nyc

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

US 'pro-family' group worked with Senegal activists pushing anti-LGBT law

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/us-pro-family-group-worked-with-senegal-activists-pushing-anti-lgbt-law-2026-03-16/

HEALTH

 

California: LA community center launches trans health clinic ‘open for all’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/16/trans-clinic-los-angeles-open/

Canada: Transgender health advocates call for gender-affirming care clinic in New Brunswick

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/calls-for-gender-affirming-care-clinic-provincial-budget-9.7124263

INCARCERATION

 

Gay asylum seeker files claim for damages over deportations to CECOT prison

https://www.advocate.com/news/venezuelan-cecot-dhs-legal-complaint

DISCRIMINATION

 

US judges condemn appointee's 'vulgar barroom talk' in transgender bias case

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judges-condemn-trump-appointees-vulgar-barroom-talk-transgender-bias-case-2026-03-13/

Trans editor sues DreamWorks over harassment on Bad Guys 2

https://www.advocate.com/news/bad-guys-2-bias-suit

HATE CRIMES

 

Washington: Seattle man sentenced in hate crime beating of trans woman

https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/hate-crime-sentencing-seattle-transgender

South Dakota Man Gets 7 Years in Killing of Two-Spirit Victim

https://www.metroweekly.com/2026/03/south-dakota-man-sentenced-killing-two-spirit-victim/

ARTS & CULTURE

 

How a teacher and her students are bringing queer equality to Wikipedia

https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/teacher-and-students-queer-wikipedia

SPORTS

 

Gay cross-country skier makes Paralympics history with gold-medal wins

https://www.advocate.com/news/jake-adicoff-2026-paralympics-gold

Non-binary winner of Los Angeles Marathon receives no prize money

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/16/non-binary-winner-of-los-angeles-marathon-receives-no-prize-money/