LGBTQ News, 10/23/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   HEALTH

V.    RELIGION

VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Philippines: Baricuatro apologizes for LGBT remarks

https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/10/23/regions/baricuatro-apologizes-for-lgbt-remarks/2206934 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Hershey spa employee sues over suspension for refusing to escort transgender woman

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10/hershey-spa-employee-sues-over-suspension-for-refusing-to-escort-transgender-woman.html 

Centre LGBT+ Joining With Organizations Statewide for March, Rally at Pa. Capitol

https://www.statecollege.com/articles/community/centre-lgbt-joining-with-organizations-statewide-for-march-rally-at-pa-capitol/ 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether to revisit marriage equality

https://www.advocate.com/news/supreme-court-marriage-equality-reconsideration 

HEALTH

 

Scientific study highlights how hormones affirm trans women at a molecular level

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/23/hormones-trans-hrt-new-study-biologically-affirming/ 

Europe’s Changing Chemsex Scene Spells Trouble for STIs

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/europes-changing-chemsex-scene-spells-trouble-stis-2025a1000suw 

RELIGION

 

Bet Mishpachah celebrates 50 years as D.C.’s LGBTQ synagogue

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/23/bet-mishpachah-celebrates-50-years-as-d-c-s-lgbtq-synagogue/ 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

The most banned book in America (about growing up LGBTQ+) is getting a new expanded edition

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-10-23/gender-queer-annotated-edition-lgbtq-graphic-memoir 

‘A Church with AIDS’: Podcast reclaims the sacred sound of queer survival

The new podcast When We All Get to Heaven tells the story of how MCC San Francisco fought not just to survive the AIDS crisis but to thrive.

https://www.qsaltlake.com/news/2025/10/23/a-church-with-aids-podcast-reclaims-the-sacred-sound-of-queer-survival/ 

COMMENTARY

 

The hidden struggle for LGBTQ refugees in East Africa and beyond

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/23/the-hidden-struggle-for-lgbtq-refugees-in-east-africa-and-beyond/ 

Intersex Awareness Day highlights a fight for rights that’s far from over

https://19thnews.org/2025/10/intersex-awareness-day-history-movement/