LGBTQ News, 9/16/21
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. POLITICS
III. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
IV. RELIGION
V. CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
VI. HATE CRIMES
VII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Cuba publishes draft family code that opens door to gay marriage
https://news.trust.org/item/20210915230825-jzmdm/
Gay Guatemala congressman ‘scared’ for his life
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/16/gay-guatemala-congressman-scared-for-his-life/
Australia: Victoria To Ban Religious Schools From Firing Staff For Being LGBT
POLITICS
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Marries Husband in Historic First for Nation
PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
Alaska: Housing org seeks to create safe homestays for queer youth
https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/housing-org-seeks-to-create-safe-homestays-for-queer-youth/
RELIGION
Sweden: Gay priest refuses to marry straight couples in stand against ‘reprehensible’ church loophole
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/16/lars-gardfeldt-gay-priest-sweden/
CONVERSION THERAPY / “EX-GAY” GROUPS
New Zealand bill to ban LGBTQ conversion practices receives record 100,000 submissions
HATE CRIMES
Illinois: Transgender Woman Killed in Dolton; Family Pleads For Justice
COMMENTARY
The LGBTQ+ History Exhibit That (Unfortunately) Made History
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/15/lgbtq-history-exhibit-unfortunately-made-history
Being a gay Jehovah's Witness made Daniel feel like he 'didn't belong anywhere'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-16/gay-and-a-jehovahs-witness-daniels-story/100462226