LGBTQ News, 9/1/21

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         HOUSING

III.        HEALTH

IV.        CAMPUS

V.         CONVERSION THERAPY / "EX-GAY" GROUPS
VI.        DISCRIMINATION

VII.       HATE CRIMES

VIII.      ARTS & CULTURE

IX.        COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Ukraine pledges to fight anti-LGBTQ discrimination
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/01/ukraine-pledges-to-fight-anti-lgbtq-discrimination/

UK families are significantly less supportive of trans or non-binary relatives, YouGov poll finds
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/01/yougov-survey-trans-non-binary-family-support/

Australia: Morrison Government Votes Against Transgender Workplace Protections
https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/morrison-government-votes-against-transgender-workplace-protections/205474

 

HOUSING

Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction
https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/01/nearly-20-lgbt-renters-owe-back-rent-half-those-fear-eviction

HEALTH

 

Dutch blood bank expecting hundreds more donors as it allows queer men to come forward
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/01/netherlands-gay-bisexual-blood-donation/

 

CAMPUS

 

Virginia: College of William & Mary dedicates building named for gay historian
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/01/college-of-william-mary-dedicates-building-named-for-gay-historian/

 

CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS

 

Lawmakers in Finland to consider conversion therapy ban
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/01/lawmakers-in-finland-to-consider-conversion-therapy-ban/

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Tennessee: Gay Nashville Couple Rejected by Wedding Venue
https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/01/gay-nashville-couple-denied-wedding-venue-awkward-email/

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Anti-gay hate crimes fell slightly in 2020, while anti-trans crimes rose, FBI says
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/anti-gay-hate-crimes-fell-slightly-2020-anti-trans-crimes-rose-fbi-say-rcna1846

Trans Makeup Artist Pooh Johnson Murdered in Louisiana
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/9/01/trans-makeup-artist-pooh-johnson-murdered-louisiana

South Africa: Transgender woman brutally beaten in Soweto
https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/31/transgender-woman-brutally-beaten-with-car-jack-in-soweto/

UK: Man, 21, shouts 'it's because I'm gay' after attack in takeaway
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-21-left-covered-blood-21449586

UK: Group attacks boy, 14, in 'appalling' homophobic attack
(Trigger warning)
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/gang-punch-stamp-head-boy-21445250

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

eBay porn ban alarms LGBT historians
https://www.axios.com/ebay-porn-ban-alarms-lgbt-historians-df8e4e6c-3f06-467e-b32c-19ab4d36897a.html

 

COMMENTARY

New York: Protest Demands End to Harmful Surgeries on Intersex Children
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/09/01/protest-demands-end-harmful-surgeries-intersex-children

Banned and blocked: LGBT+ websites censored from Russia to Indonesia
https://news.trust.org/item/20210831165627-n237e/


Social media is a weapon of mass LGBT+ destruction that must be disarmed
https://news.trust.org/item/20210831084636-fgwxl/

New Book Shows How a Tragedy Launched Italy's LGBTQ+ Rights Movement
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/01/new-book-shows-how-tragedy-launched-italys-lgbtq-rights-movement