LGBTQ News, 9/8/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.        ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.         HEALTH

VI.        YOUTH

VII.       HATE CRIMES

VIII.      COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Uganda: Prime Minister overturns ban on “immoral” music festival

https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/09/08/uganda-prime-minister-overturns-ban-on-immoral-music-festival/

 

 

Meet Argentina’s special envoy for LGBTQ and intersex rights

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/09/07/meet-argentinas-special-envoy-for-lgbtq-and-intersex-rights/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Alaska: Mat-Su school board bans transgender students from bathrooms that match gender identity

https://alaskapublic.org/2022/09/07/mat-su-school-board-bans-transgender-students-from-bathrooms-that-match-gender-identity/

 

 

Alabama updates process to fire teachers who inappropriately discuss LGBTQ issues

https://www.al.com/educationlab/2022/09/alabama-updates-school-rule-allows-firing-if-teachers-inappropriately-discuss-lgbtq-issues.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

Pennsylvania: New housing initiative for LGBTQ people scheduled to open this fall in Philadelphia

https://epgn.com/2022/09/07/new-housing-initiative-for-lgbtq-people-scheduled-to-open-this-fall/

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Texas: Anti-LGBT church in Watauga faces second eviction this year

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2022/09/06/anti-lgbt-church-in-watauga-faces-second-eviction-this-year/

 

 

North Carolina: ABSS superintendent has ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ removed from high school library

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/abss-superintendent-has-gender-queer-a-memoir-removed-from-high-school-library/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

 

LGBT+ leader says stigma rising for gay men due to monkeypox

https://wsbt.com/news/local/monkeypox-infection-lgbtq-lesbian-gay-transgender-monkeypox-stigma-rising-michigan-virus-spread-vaccines-cdc-aids-men-covid-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOUTH

 

Southern LGBTQ+ Youth Growing Up in 'Hostile Social Climate': Study

https://www.advocate.com/youth/2022/9/08/southern-lgbtq-youth-growing-hostile-social-climate-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

HATE CRIMES

 

Wisconsin: Trans Woman Regina 'Mya' Allen Fatally Shot in Milwaukee

https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/9/08/trans-woman-regina-mya-allen-fatally-shot-milwaukee

 

 

Massachusetts: Police probe burning of Boston-area church's transgender flag as a hate crime

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/police-probe-burning-boston-area-churchs-transgender-flag-hate-crime-rcna46491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

The risks of student surveillance amid abortion bans and LGBTQ restrictions

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/08/abortion-bans-school-surveillance-lgbtq-restrictions

 

 

Here's What It Means To Be 'Two-Spirit,' According To Native People

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-two-spirit-means-native_l_62aa0b3ce4b06169ca93c14e

 

 

South Africa: Teen suicides are a clarion call to protect queer children

https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022-09-08-teen-suicides-are-a-clarion-call-to-protect-queer-children/