LGBTQ News, 4/21/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III.
POLITICS
IV. MILITARY
V. INCARCERATION
VI. HATE CRIMES
VII. ARTS & CULTURE
VIII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Uganda police arrest six men for having sex as anti-gay bill inches closer to reality
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/21/uganda-gay-sex-arrests-anti-homosexuality-bill/
Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Uganda: Anti-homosexuality bill must allow for gay “conversion therapy”, says Museveni
Multilateral development banks pressured to urge Uzbekistan to stop anti-LGBTQ crackdown
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Libraries are in the political crosshairs as they fight back against U.S. book bans
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-libraries-book-bans-1.6815351
North Dakota Governor Signs Bill Making Gender-Affirming Care a Felony
https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-affirming-care-ban-nd
Advocates say Maryland lawmakers missed a chance to protect trans inmates
Tennessee is sued over ban on healthcare for transgender youth
https://www.reuters.com/legal/tennessee-is-sued-over-ban-healthcare-transgender-youth-2023-04-20/
Kansas Gov. Vetoes Four Anti-Trans Bills; Republicans Will Try to Override
https://www.advocate.com/politics/gender-affirming-care-kansas
Minnesota Senate approves conversion therapy ban
https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-senate-approves-conversion-therapy-193100452.html
Minnesota: Senate slated to take up conversion therapy, trans refuge, reproductive freedom bills
POLITICS
Transgender lawmaker silenced by Montana House speaker
Karine Jean-Pierre Denounces 'Don't Say Gay' Expansion and Bud Light Threats
https://www.advocate.com/politics/karine-jean-pierre-bud-light
MILITARY
Navy Leader Defends Nonbinary Officer After Sen. Tommy Tuberville Criticizes Them
https://www.advocate.com/military/military-lgbtq-nonbinary-officer
INCARCERATION
Maryland: Transgender woman files lawsuit saying she was assaulted, denied hormones while jailed in Baltimore
HATE CRIMES
Missouri man sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting gay teen
Arizona: Barnes & Noble Kicks Out Man for Harassing Customers
https://www.advocate.com/news/barnes-noble-ethan-schmidt-crocket
UK: Drag Queen Story Hour host Aida H Dee threatened
(Trigger warning)
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/21/drag-queen-story-hour-aida-h-dee-death-threat/
ARTS & CULTURE
Florida: Pride parade cancelled due to state’s anti-drag bill
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/21/florida-pride-cancelled-drag-ban/
COMMENTARY
No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ People in Uganda
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/04/no-parent-ever-position-find-say-mothers-lgbtq-uganda/
Marriage Equality Could Bring Women Autonomy and Safety
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/20/marriage-equality-could-bring-women-autonomy-and-safety
LGBTQ+ book bans are ‘actively harming children’, authors warn
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/21/lgbtq-books-ban-fox-fisher-owl/