LGBTQ News, 9/13/21
Angeline Binick
II. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
III. DISCRIMINATION
IV. HATE CRIMES
V. ARTS & CULTURE
VI. SPORTS
VII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
“Atmosphere of fear”: Online censorship stifles LGBTIQ community
https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/09/13/atmosphere-of-fear-online-censorship-stifles-lgbtiq-community/
Trans and non-binary Canadians say they are still being deadnamed on voters cards
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/trans-non-binary-canada-deadname-voter-card/
Ugandan government claims queer people fleeing its homophobia are fake ‘economic gays’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/12/ugandan-government-lgbt-refugees-fake-gays/
OAS commission calls for Venezuela to protect LGBTQ rights
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/12/oas-commission-calls-for-venezuela-to-protect-lgbtq-rights/
Activists reflect on Black Trans Lives Matter movement resurgence
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/13/activists-reflect-on-black-trans-lives-matter-movement-resurgence/
New York: Police chief accused of sexual harassment and homophobia refuses to step down
https://www.queerty.com/police-chief-accused-sexual-harassment-homophobia-refuses-step-20210912
India: Teacher spots 2 kids having lunch, calls them lesbians, thrashes them
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/teacher-spots-2-kids-having-lunch-calls-them-lesbians-thrashes-them/articleshow/86123950.cms
HATE CRIMES
Protesters rise against LGBT attacks in Spain
(Video)
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/protesters-rise-against-lgbt-attacks-in-id735332672?chan=8gwsyvzx
UK: Attackers beat 17-year-old in homophobic attack in Kings Heath
(Trigger warning)
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/thugs-beat-set-fire-17-21480692
UK: Vandal set fire to rainbow Pride arch
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/13/milton-keynes-pride-fire-rainbow-arch/
India: Son Stabbed Father To Death For 'Tarnishing' Family With Same-Sex Relationship
https://www.latintimes.com/homophobic-son-stabbed-father-death-tarnishing-family-same-sex-relationship-485839
New LGBT+ book for school kids hopes to nip prejudice in the bud
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/13/lgbt-education-guide-pop-n-olly/
British Cycling boss insists homophobia and transphobia ‘are not acceptable in our sport’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/11/british-cycling-homophobia-transphobia-sport/
How LGBTQ+ Life Has Changed in One of the World's Mega Nations
https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/9/13/how-lgbtq-life-has-changed-one-worlds-mega-nations
Combating LGBTQ stigma in Africa
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/09/10/combating-lgbtq-stigma-in-africa/