LGBTQ News, 7/30/26

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.    INCARCERATION

V.     DISCRIMINATION

VI.    HATE CRIMES

VII.   COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

“We’re Not Asking for New Rights”: Eswatini LGBTQ+ Rights Group Continues Registration Court Battle
https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/07/30/were-not-asking-for-new-rights-eswatini-lgbtq-rights-group-continues-registration-court-battle/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Alabama senators join push to bar transgender women from DAR eligibility
https://www.alreporter.com/2026/07/30/alabama-senators-join-push-to-bar-transgender-women-from-dar-eligibility/

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Educational MyGender Dolls branded ‘perverted’ by right-wing media
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/29/mygender-dolls-backlash-right-wing/

Anti-trans rally flops as Seattle Storm player wears ‘trans rights are human rights’ shirt
https://www.advocate.com/news/sophie-cunningham-rally-trans

INCARCERATION

 

Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-inmates-judge-royce-lamberth-trump-c3e5a6e42f11846ef3541efbebf77b69

DISCRIMINATION

 

Penn State Health sued for allegedly citing Catholicism to cancel gender-affirming surgery
https://local21news.com/news/local/penn-state-health-sued-for-citing-catholicism-to-cancel-gender-affirming-surgery-nonbinary-pennsylvania-pa-university-lawsuit

UK: Unions boycott Labour Women’s Conference over trans ban
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/30/labour-womens-conference-trans-ban-boycott/

HATE CRIMES

A Black trans teen was shot and killed in Florida. Almost no one reported it
https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/jayla-mcgee-florida-murder

Singapore teens arrested over alleged extremist plots to harm LGBTQ+ people
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/29/singapore-teen-arrested-extremist-lgbtq/

COMMENTARY

 

How well are LGBTQ+ rights protected across Europe?
https://www.dw.com/en/how-well-are-lgbtq-rights-protected-across-europe/a-78166254

'Am I Safe Here?': The Question Standing Between Transgender Africans and HIV Care
https://allafrica.com/stories/202607300022.html