LGBTQ News, 11/18/25
Angeline Binick
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
GLOBAL NEWS
Canada: Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-notwithstanding-clause-bills-9.6983786
Japan’s first female prime minister reluctant to advance LGBTQ rights
REGIONAL NEWS
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and New Jersey
https://epgn.com/2025/11/18/voters-shift-school-boards-toward-lgbtq-inclusion-across-pa-and-n-j/
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law
https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-teachers-deadname-transgender-students
Texas AG Paxton investigates US Tennis Association for possible violation of state gender law
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-paxton-tennis-association-transgender-investigation
Maine Human Rights Commission sues five school districts over transgender policies
U.S. Supreme Court sets hearing date on Idaho’s transgender athletics ban
More than 200 lawmakers demand Speaker Mike Johnson end anti-trans rhetoric in Congress
https://www.advocate.com/politics/democrats-end-transphobia-congress
RELIGION
Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate
Vatican groups report progress, and tensions, on women and LGBTQ inclusion
DISCRIMINATION
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and falsely accused by police: report
https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-police-mistreatment-report