LGBTQ News, 6/13/24
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
IV. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. RELIGION
VIII. DISCRIMINATION
IX. HATE CRIMES
X. SPORTS
XI. NATURE
XII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Global Pride Report Celebrates LGBTIQ Resilience
https://www.mambaonline.com/2024/06/12/global-pride-report-celebrates-lgbtiq-resilience/
Australia: Queensland Labor shelves reforms to stop faith-based schools discriminating against gay teachers
UK: Labour commit to HIV Action Plan and ‘trans-inclusive’ conversion therapy ban in election manifesto
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-commit-hiv-action-plan-113457515.html
REGIONAL NEWS
Lancaster Pride, Tulle Queer photo exhibition celebrate LGBTQ+ community
Lancaster Pride 2024: LGBTQ+ festival returns with street fair, lots of performances
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Pa.'s invalidated same-sex marriage ban closer to repeal. What's next
Massachusetts House passes bill strengthening LGBTQ+ parents’ rights
Oklahoma Supreme Court rejects state education board’s authority over public school libraries
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-school-library-book-ban-court-91ae7697c5a4501cde85a7ca00f24351
California: San Francisco becomes a sanctuary city for transgender people
https://www.advocate.com/news/san-francisco-sanctuary-city-transgender-people
PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
For the first time, West Texas has a permanent LGBTQ+ community center
https://apnews.com/us-news/texas-general-news-0336e7ccbb85ef66adee1aa3e98f3dda
New York: Ali Forney Center announces ‘historic’ agreement with ACS to protect LGBTQ youth
https://gaycitynews.com/ali-forney-center-agreement-acs-protect-lgbtq-youth/
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Annual hate report shows PA ranks third in U.S. for white nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity
https://epgn.com/2024/06/12/southern-poverty-law-center-annual-hate-report/
HEALTH
South Africa’s health authorities report 2 deaths from mpox this week and warn of local transmission
https://apnews.com/article/mpox-deaths-south-africa-724502f85a579af5ffc69f47d403450c
RELIGION
New York: Sharon Kleinbaum gets stellar send-off after 32 years as rabbi at CBST
https://gaycitynews.com/sharon-kleinbaum-stellar-send-off-32-years-rabbi-cbst/
DISCRIMINATION
Federal court dismisses appeal of lawsuit contesting transgender woman in Wyoming sorority
HATE CRIMES
Montana: Vandals remove, destroy Pride flags from downtown Missoula business
Pennsylvania: Pride Flag Stolen From Civil War Memorial In Doylestown, According to Police
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/doylestown/pride-flag-stolen-civil-war-memorial-doylestown-police
Protesters vandalize Zimbabwean LGBTQ rights group’s offices
South Africa: Transgender Kimberley High School Teen Murdered in Suspected Hate Crime
SPORTS
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women’s races
https://apnews.com/article/swimming-transgender-rules-lia-thomas-8a626b5e7f7eafe5088b643c4d804c56
NATURE
Lifting the lid on gay natural history
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/gay-natural-history.html
COMMENTARY
Over a quarter of Fox News’ coverage of new Title IX rules included commentary that challenged the legitimacy of trans identity
Nourishing Queer Hospitality
https://www.eater.com/24176511/queer-hospitality-gay-bar-mutual-aid-history-care