LGBTQ News, 7/8/25

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I. GLOBAL NEWS

II. REGIONAL NEWS

III. POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV. CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

V. DISCRIMINATION

VI. HATE CRIMES

VII. ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. MILITARY

IX. COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

UN Human Rights Council extends LGBTQ rights expert’s mandate

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/07/un-human-rights-council-extends-lgbtq-rights-experts-mandate/

Australia: Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service reports rising number of LGBTQIA+ clients who 'fear for their life' if returned home

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-05/lgbtqia-visas-help-refugees-fearing-persecution-overseas/105435778

Why Has Russia Convicted Over 100 People for ‘LGBTQ+ Extremism’?

https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/07/08/why-has-russia-convicted-over-100-people-for-lgbtq-extremism/

100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missile struck Iranian prison last month

https://www.advocate.com/world/iran-trans-prisoners-missing-israel

REGIONAL NEWS

Vermont man pleads guilty after protest at state capitol

https://www.wgal.com/article/vermont-man-pleads-guilty-after-protest-at-state-capitol-pennsylvania/65339610

POLICY / LEGISLATION

US threatens California with legal action over transgender sports law

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-threatens-california-with-legal-action-over-transgender-sports-law-2025-07-07/

Pennsylvania Republicans force vote on bill banning transgender girls in sports

https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/pennsylvania-republicans-force-vote-on-bill-banning-transgender-girls-in-sports/

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be enacted

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-conversion-therapy-ban-16fc23a14e15f1cfcf9c2dbb89cc0e9a

DISCRIMINATION

Two-Spirit discrimination persists, as questions swirl around Aubrey Dameron's murder investigation

https://www.kosu.org/news/2025-07-08/two-spirit-discrimination-persists-as-questions-swirl-around-aubrey-damerons-murder-investigation

Georgia: Librarian fired after child chooses book with transgender character for library display

https://www.advocate.com/news/librarian-fired-trans-book-georgia

HATE CRIMES

Australia: New wave of homophobic attacks targets users of gay dating apps like Grindr

(Trigger warning)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/gay-dating-app-users-lured-into-violent-homophobic-attacks/105464048

ARTS & CULTURE

New book examines the hidden histories and fights for equality of queer Virginians

https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-07-08/queer-virginia-hidden-history-lgbtq-equality-ford-littlejohn-uva-press

MILITARY

UK: Financial redress for LGBT veterans must be sped up, MPs to urge ministers

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lgbt-mps-government-liberal-democrat-westminster-hall-b1237105.html

COMMENTARY

What trans and nonbinary people need to know about updating their passports and birth certificates