LGBTQ News, 5/23/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
V.    HATE CRIMES
VI.   ARTS & CULTURE

VII.  SPORTS

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp still not safe for LGBTI refugees
https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/05/20/kenyas-kakuma-refugee-camp-still-not-safe-for-lgbti-refugees/

Romania breaching LGBTQ+ couples’ human rights, European court rules
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/romania-same-sex-couples-echr/

Malaysia raids Swatch stores, seizes colorful watches linked to gay pride
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/malaysia-raids-swatch-stores-seizes-colorful-watches-linked-99532965

Australia: Labor Government’s One-Year Report Card On LGBT Rights
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/labor-governments-one-year-report-card-on-lgbt-rights/223996

REGIONAL NEWS

LGBT Center holds memorial butterfly release
https://www.wfmz.com/video/lgbt-center-holds-memorial-butterfly-release/video_f14a7816-b02f-505c-8da1-d2cceb61faa7.html

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Texas just got closer to passing its own 'Don't Say Gay' bill
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-dont-say-gay-law-18114301.php

Florida Restaurant Owners Sue Governor Ron DeSantis Over Drag Ban
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/international-news-news/florida-restaurant-owners-sue-governor-ron-desantis-over-drag-ban/224005

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Illinois Senator Says All-Gender Restrooms Will Cause Violence "From Dads Like Me"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/illinois-all-gender-restrooms-violence

Daily Wire's Matt Walsh calls LGBTQ teachers “groomers,” adding, “There is no heterosexual person demanding this sort of thing on the other side”
https://www.mediamatters.org/matt-walsh/daily-wires-matt-walsh-calls-lgbtq-teachers-groomers-adding-there-no-heterosexual-person

South Korea: Human rights boss makes homophobic claim in draft ruling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/lgbtq-south-korea-human-rights-commissioner-homophobic-remark/

HATE CRIMES

Ireland: Man attacked woman with dementia because he thought she was trans
(Trigger warning)
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/woman-86-beaten-wheelie-bin-trans/

ARTS & CULTURE

Washington D.C.: Trans youth hold their own prom after teen excluded from graduation
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/23/trans-youth-prom-washington-dc/

SPORTS

Los Angeles Dodgers reinstate Pride Night invitation to drag nun group
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/23/los-angeles-dodgers-queer-drag-nuns

COMMENTARY

Why Was This Gay Man Killed in His Kitchen?
https://www.advocate.com/police/gay-man-killed-kitchen-nypd