LGBTQ News, 5/19/22
Angeline Binick
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III. HEALTH
IV. YOUTH
V. CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VI. DISCRIMINATION
VII. HATE CRIMES
VIII. ARTS & CULTURE
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
LGBTQ+ in Qatar: 'Waking up in fear every day is exhausting'
(Video)
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-61500137
Congressman asks doctor ‘what is a woman’ during abortion hearing
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/19/abortion-hearing-house-judiciary-committee-woman-abortion-roe-wade/
California: Palm Springs to Fund Universal Basic Income for Trans Residents
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/19/palm-springs-california-fund-universal-basic-income-trans-residents
Pennsylvania: Central Bucks School District backpedals, classes about puberty are now optional and virtual
https://www.witf.org/2022/05/18/central-bucks-school-district-backpedals-classes-about-puberty-are-now-optional-and-virtual/
First U.S. Monkeypox Case Confirmed, with Gay Men Especially at Risk
https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2022/5/19/first-us-monkeypox-case-confirmed-gay-men-especially-risk
Australia: Children's gender service waitlist creating mental health crisis for Queensland's trans teens
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-19/transgender-children-in-queensland-face-mental-health-crisis/101060090
LGBTQ students more likely to leave home for college in more welcoming states
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/lgbtq-students-likely-leave-home-college-welcoming-states-rcna29259
‘Conversion therapy’ ban falls short in Minnesota Senate
https://knsiradio.com/2022/05/19/conversion-therapy-ban-falls-short-in-minnesota-senate/
Maryland: Lesbian Couple Says School Denied Son Admission Due to Their Sexuality
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/19/lesbian-couple-says-school-denied-son-admission-due-their-sexuality
Gay student says Florida school is stopping
his run for student leadership
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gay-student-says-florida-school-stopping-run-student-leadership-rcna29612
HATE CRIMES
Trans Woman Nedra Sequence Morris Found Dead in Florida
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/5/17/trans-woman-nedra-sequence-morris-found-dead-florida
Connecticut: Restaurant’s Pride Flag
Stolen for Third Time
https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/5/19/connecticut-restaurants-pride-flag-stolen-third-time-blue-orchid-pan-asian
All your friends were dying’: revisiting the horrors of the AIDS crisis
In a damning new season of podcast docuseries Fiasco, journalist Leon Neyfakh revisits a period of devastating loss and horrifying apathy.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/19/fiasco-audible-podcast-docuseries-aids-crisis
Google Doodle honors queer Korean-American disability justice activist Stacey Park Milbern
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/19/google-doodle-stacey-park-milbern/
Nobuko Yoshiya: 1920s Revolutionary Lesbian Novelist
https://bookriot.com/nobuko-yoshiya/