LGBTQ News, 8/8/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.   INCARCERATION

V.    BULLYING

VI.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Gay Jamaican asylum seeker 'suffering' in ICE custody, lawyer says

https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-jamaica-asylum-seeker-ice 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Citing Skrmetti, appeals court rejects challenge to Oklahoma ban on gender-affirming care for youth

https://www.advocate.com/news/oklahoma-transgender-care-ban-upheld 

Report: State Department to remove LGBTQ references from human rights reports

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/08/08/report-state-department-to-remove-lgbtq-references-from-human-rights-reports/ 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Canadian cities cancel US Christian nationalist’s performances

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/sean-feucht-canada-tour-cancellation 

INCARCERATION

 

Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they’re suing.

https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/08/08/trans-people-in-georgia-prisons-are-being-forced-to-detransition-now-theyre-suing/ 

BULLYING

 

Parents of bullied trans teen who died by suicide sue Alabama school district

https://www.advocate.com/news/parents-trans-teen-sue-school 

COMMENTARY

 

Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing

https://www.advocate.com/voices/lgbtq-botswana