LGBTQ News, 7/23/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

III.   MILITARY

IV.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

V.    ARTS & CULTURE

VI.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive

(Trigger warning)

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-nepal-sex-workers-trump-budget-cuts-d8ea21ca4d43f1598ea54499123d46e0

UK: Trans civil servants may be forced to ‘out themselves’ under new guidelines

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/23/civil-servants-trans-toilet-guidelines/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Anti-LGBTQ+ billboards pop up in rural Ohio. Communities are immediately pushing back.

https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/23/ohio-anti-lgbtq-billboards/

MILITARY

 

Judge questions difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and transgender care for troops

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-testosterone-replacement-therapy-transgender-troops-ban-e0f2a99aea1801ee2233e9f6201a31d4

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Kansas AG demands three cities repeal conversion therapy bans

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/07/23/kansas-ag-demands-three-cities-repeal-conversion-therapy-bans/

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Pride organizers vow to march in Romanian city that has blocked event four years in a row

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/pride-march-romania-oradea-blocked-event-four-years-in-a-row

COMMENTARY

 

Tennis is the first major women’s sports league to require genetic testing

https://19thnews.org/2026/07/tennis-women-genetic-sex-testing/