LGBTQ News, 4/25/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.   POLITICS
IV.   ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.    HEALTH

VI.   WORKPLACE

VII.  ARTS & CULTURE

VIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Washington D.C.: Activists protest Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act outside country’s embassy
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/04/25/activists-protest-ugandas-anti-homosexuality-act-outside-countrys-embassy/

Slovakia’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill condemned by European Human Rights commissioner
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/european-human-rights-commissioner-slovakia-anti-lgbtq/

Scotland: Majority sign up for Scottish inclusivity scheme
https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23475273.lgbt-schools-majority-sign-scottish-inclusivity-scheme/

Student held for weeks after Russian ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ arrest released
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/haoyang-xu-gela-gogishvili-russia-lgbtq-propaganda/

LGBT community pins hopes on Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage in India
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-25/india-same-sex-marriage-legalise-supreme-court-hearing-lgbt/102245312

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Philly students want Shapiro to declare Pennsylvania a sanctuary state for transgender people
https://www.inquirer.com/news/high-school-trans-rights-rally-demands-philly-city-hall-20230425.html

After 22 years, LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination legislation clears hurdle in Pa. House
https://www.penncapital-star.com/civil-rights-social-justice/after-22-years-lgbtq-anti-discrimination-legislation-clears-hurdle-in-pa-house/

Indiana 'Don’t Say Gay' bill heads to governor’s desk
https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-dont-say-gay-bill-heads-to-governors-desk

Transgender Texans of all ages could lose access to transition-related care under Senate bill
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/25/transgender-health-care-legislature/

Texas Ag Department Imposes 'Biological Gender' Dress Code on Employees
https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-dress-code-transgender

Drag queens protest anti-LGBT bills at Florida Capitol building
https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/drag-queens-protest-anti-lgbt-bills-at-florida-capitol-building/

ACLU sues to block Missouri rule on transgender health care
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-care-missouri-attorney-general-ef30b41658d95b7206535c5fd67513ae

POLITICS

Montana transgender lawmaker silenced again, backers protest
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-lawmaker-silenced-montana-censure-21ae94ed0de1aab68c5be1cc37d11484

Montana: Protesters arrested for supporting trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/zooey-zephyr-montana-protest-arrests/

'The L Word' cast appears at White House briefing to mark Lesbian Visibility Week
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/word-cast-appears-white-house-briefing-mark-lesbian/story?id=98837344

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

Tucker Carlson’s final Fox News show saw him debate the ‘+’ in LGBTQIA+
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/tucker-carlson-fox-news-final-show-lgbtq/

UK: University of Oxford students ‘appalled’ over union platforming Kathleen Stock
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/kathleen-stock-oxford-university-trans-backlash/

Dylan Mulvaney: Trans star’s collab with Maybelline has bigots threatening yet another boycott
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/dylan-mulvaney-maybelline-make-up-boycott/

HEALTH

Gay and bi trans men at higher risk of HIV infection, new studies reveal
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/gay-trans-men-hiv-report/

UK: NHS to protect trans youth healthcare from ‘unlawful’ discrimination after legal challenge
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/nhs-england-good-law-project-trans-healthcare/

 

WORKPLACE

LGBT Women Most Disadvantaged In The Workplace: Study
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/international-news-news/lgbt-women-most-disadvantaged-in-the-workplace-study-2/223389

ARTS & CULTURE

Over half of 2022's most challenged books have LGBTQ themes
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/half-2022s-challenged-books-lgbtq-themes-rcna81324

COMMENTARY

Anti-trans backlash against Bud Light has executives on the hot seat. What’s going on?
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-04-25/anti-transgender-backlash-against-bud-light-explained

What can I do if I'm a transgender person living in Florida? State erasing trans options
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/25/floridas-trans-people-parents-of-trans-kids-see-options-steadily-banned/70132161007/

Tucker Carlson: Fox News' loudest anti-trans voice falls silent, but 'dangerous' legacy lives on

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/25/tucker-carlson-fox-news-anti-trans-lgbtq-voices-right-wing/

Pakistan’s Sindh Province Backs Transgender Rights
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/25/pakistans-sindh-province-backs-transgender-rights