LGBTQ News, 7/7/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.    ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

IV.    DISCRIMINATION

V.     HATE CRIMES

VI.    ARTS & CULTURE

VII.   SPORTS

VIII.  RELIGION

IX.    COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

UN council votes to keep researching abuses for LGBT people despite US U-turn

https://www.reuters.com/world/un-council-votes-keep-researching-abuses-lgbt-people-despite-us-u-turn-2025-07-07/

Exiles from Uganda’s harsh anti-gay laws now fear ‘moral panic’ legislation could follow them

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/07/refugees-fled-uganda-anti-gay-laws-nairobi-kenya

Lesbian feminist Palomina Jama becomes South African MP

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/05/lesbian-feminist-becomes-south-african-mp/ 

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage Declares Same-Sex Marriage Is “Wrong” In New Interview

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-declares-same-sex-marriage-is-wrong-in-new-interview/237512

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Authors fear outcome of US supreme court’s LGBTQ+ book ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/authors-lgbtq-book-ruling-supreme-court

Idaho Attorney General tells schools to ban 'Everyone is Welcome Here' signs

https://www.advocate.com/politics/idaho-everyone-is-welcome-signs

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Indiana church stands by sermons calling for the government to execute LGBTQ+ people

https://www.advocate.com/news/indiana-church-execution-lgbtq-people

DISCRIMINATION

 

Appeals court rules transgender Florida teacher cannot use female pronouns in school

https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-transgender-teacher-pronoun-restrictions

HATE CRIMES

 

NYPD investigating assault, choking of woman after suspects hurled anti-LGBTQ+ slurs

(Trigger warning)

https://www.advocate.com/crime/nyc-woman-assaulted-antigay-slurs

ARTS & CULTURE

 

UK: LGBTQ+ figures criticize supreme court’s gender ruling at London Pride

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/05/lgbtq-figures-criticise-supreme-courts-gender-ruling-at-london-pride

New Book Looks Back At Fire Island’s History As A Queer Mecca In The 1950s

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/safe-haven-book-fire-island-cherry-grove-queer-mecca_n_685b6222e4b0c3bb7b64d1ea

SPORTS

 

Trans cyclist’s victory sparks outrage in conservative media

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/07/03/trans-cyclists-victory-sparks-outrage-in-conservative-media/

RELIGION

Gay blessings 'will remain' under Pope Leo, Vatican doctrine chief says

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/gay-blessings-will-remain-under-pope-leo-vatican-doctrine-chief-says

COMMENTARY

 

A Queer History of the Muppets

https://www.autostraddle.com/a-queer-history-of-the-muppets/