LGBTQ News, 8/27/21
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
IV. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. CAMPUS
VIII. INCARCERATION
IX. DISCRIMINATION
X. HATE CRIMES
XI. SPORTS
XII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
'We live in fear': Over 6,000 migrants in Mexico have been violently attacked
89 percent of people from the LGBTQ community who participated in the surveys were attacked or received threats recently.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/-live-fear-6000-migrants-mexico-violently-attacked-rcna1783
Boris Johnson urged to save the lives of LGBT+ Afghans as evacuation enters final hours
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/lgbt-afghanistan-evacuations/
UK Home Office Tells Gay Afghan That He Could Be Sent Back To Afghanistan
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/uk-home-office-tells-gay-afghan-that-he-could-be-sent-back-to-afghanistan/205379
REGIONAL NEWS
High turnout and enthusiasm for Lehigh Valley Pride
https://epgn.com/2021/08/25/high-turnout-and-enthusiasm-for-lehigh-valley-pride/
Supreme Court could hear transgender student bathroom case, experts say
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/supreme-court-hear-transgender-student-bathroom-case-experts-say-rcna1797
Texas bill to restrict student transgender athletes in limbo after hours-long public hearing
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-bill-to-restrict-student-transgender-athletes-in-limbo-after-hours-long-public-hearing/
March on Washington rally to feature prominent LGBTQ speakers
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/08/27/march-on-washington-rally-to-feature-prominent-lgbtq-speakers/
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Spotify’s Joe Rogan and guest Meghan Murphy spread anti-trans vitriol and lie about COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/spotifys-joe-rogan-and-guest-meghan-murphy-spread-anti-trans-vitriol-and-lie
HEALTH
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBT+ People’s Mental Health
https://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-lgbt-peoples-mental-health/
Utah: BYU announces Office of Belonging; LDS Elder attacks LGBTQ+ people
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/08/27/byu-announces-office-of-belonging-lds-elder-attacks-lgbtq-people/
Chinese university allegedly compiling list of LGBT+ students
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/china-shanghai-university-lgbt/
D.C. jail’s new housing policy for transgender inmates faces scrutiny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-jail-transgender-lawsuit/2021/08/25/dcbdce3a-0514-11ec-a266-7c7fe02fa374_story.html
Lawsuit: Transgender teen strip-searched at airport
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-transgender-teen-strip-searched-airport-79641761
HATE CRIMES
Belgium: Man beaten and spat on for kissing his boyfriend
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/27/belgium-homophobic-attack/
Meet the openly LGBT athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, from Asya Miller and Monique Matthews to Laurie Williams
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3146351/meet-openly-lgbt-athletes-tokyo-2020-paralympic-games-asya
What it's like to come out as pansexual
https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/coming-out-as-pansexual/100390400