LGBTQ News, 5/22/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    HEALTH

VI.   CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS

VII.  HATE CRIMES

VIII. ARTS & CULTURE

IX.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

UK: Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/21/single-sex-toilets-exclude-transgender-people-england-wales-scotland-code-of-practice

UK: TransActual says EHRC Code of Practice ‘weakens protections for LGBTQ+ people as a whole’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/22/transactual-ehrc-code-of-practice-trans-uk/

‘Kind of humiliating’: UK trans community responds to EHRC’s new code of practice

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/kind-of-humiliating-trans-community-responds-to-ehrcs-new-code-of-practice

Senegal PM slams West’s ‘homosexual tyranny’, defends LGBTQ crackdown

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/senegal-pm-slams-wests-homosexual-tyranny-defends-lgbtq-crackdown

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Lawsuit challenging Idaho’s bathroom bill dismissed after student plaintiff dies by suicide

https://www.advocate.com/news/lawsuit-challenging-idahos-bathroom-bill-dismissed-after-student-plaintiff-dies-by-suicide

New laws impact foster care children, gender-affirming care for Oklahoma adults

https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/new-laws-impact-foster-care-children-gender-affirming-care-for-oklahoma-adults/

Vermont passes landmark bill protecting trans prisoners’ rights

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/22/vermont-trans-inmates-bill/

Eight Democrats break with party as House advances ‘Don’t Say Trans’ bill

https://www.losangelesblade.com/2026/05/22/eight-democrats-break-with-party-as-house-advances-dont-say-trans-bill/

House rejects Smithsonian women’s museum bill after GOP bans ‘biological men’ from exhibits

https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian-womens-museum-congress-4438121d50e698916471eaba451f3f8e

GLAAD, HRC, PFLAG Among 40+ Orgs Denouncing FCC’s Attempt To Require “Warning Label” On LGBTQ Programming
https://deadline.com/2026/05/glaad-hrc-pflag-denouncing-fcc-warning-label-lgbtq-1236918628/

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

Washington: Seattle advocates seek emergency support for transgender newcomers displaced from red states

https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/seattle-emergency-transgender-support

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

UK Christian charity under fire for anti-gay sermon on ‘boys raping boys’

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/21/mountain-of-fire-and-miracles-anti-gay-sermon/

HEALTH

 

CDC quietly erases mpox guidance tied to Pride events

https://www.advocate.com/health/sexual-health/cdc-mpox-information-erased

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Kansas City repeals ban on conversion therapy after pressure from Missouri attorney general

https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-05-22/kansas-city-repeals-ban-on-conversion-therapy-after-pressure-from-missouri-attorney-general

HATE CRIMES

 

NYC man indicted on hate crimes charges in alleged antigay beating at Harlem subway station

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/nyc-subway-beating-hate-crime

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Massachusetts: Feminist bookshop marks 50 years of creating safe spaces for LGBTQ community

https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/05/22/provincetown-womencrafts-bookstore-50-years

COMMENTARY

 

For the parents of intersex kids, deciding how to proceed isn’t easy

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/for-the-parents-of-intersex-kids-deciding-how-to-proceed-isnt-easy/