LGBTQ News, 12/24/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

II.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

III.   HEALTH

IV.   INCARCERATION

V.    RELIGION

VI.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VII.  HATE CRIMES
VIII. ARTS & CULTURE

IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

More than a third of states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care
https://apnews.com/article/lawsuit-hhs-transgender-health-care-children-015b2e5df026c9d69da7eadbdf6647ae 

Colorado ballot initiative draws debate over care for transgender youth

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-ballot-initiative-debate-transgender-youth-care/73-21311cf1-a7ae-4792-ab3d-62768be6cb68

California: Judge OK's teachers telling parents about students' preferred gender identities

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/judge-oks-teachers-telling-parents-about-students-preferred-gender-identities/3951022/ 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Conservative legal group aims to export its rightwing Christian mission beyond US borders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/conservative-legal-christian-rightwing-group 

HEALTH

 

Australia: Concerns over abortion, vasectomies, IVF, gender-affirming care access as Catholic organisation Calvary buys Hobart Private
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-24/hobart-private-hospital-sale-calvary-abortion-concerns/106177108 

INCARCERATION

 

Inmate sues New Hampshire officials for denying transgender care
https://vnews.com/2025/12/24/transgender-inmate-lawsuit-nh-corrections/ 

RELIGION

 

Some people have left the church because I am a gay woman, says Archbishop of Wales
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1z3kg6dvo 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Canada: Conversion therapy survivors declaring Jan. 7 as awareness day
https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/conversion-therapy-survivors-awareness-day 

HATE CRIMES

 

Florida: Man charged with hate crime for SUV attack on LGBTQ+ run club
https://www.wpbf.com/article/man-charged-hate-crime-suv-attack-lgbtq-run-club/69858672 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

In a new album, Yiddish becomes a language of queer belonging
https://www.jta.org/2025/12/24/ny/in-a-new-album-yiddish-becomes-a-language-of-queer-belonging 

COMMENTARY

 

Holidays can be hard for LGBTQ youth in Indiana
https://www.ipm.org/news/2025-12-24/holidays-can-be-hard-for-lgbtq-youth-in-indiana