LGBTQ News, 8/24/21
Angeline Binick
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III. POVERTY
IV. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. HATE CRIMES
VIII. ARTS & CULTURE
IX. ENTERTAINMENT
X. SPORTS
XI. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
LGBT+ Afghans desperate to escape amid Taliban takeover
https://news.trust.org/item/20210820174019-2saq9/
130+ LGBTQ Rights Groups Demand Protection for Vulnerable Afghans
https://www.advocate.com/world/2021/8/23/130-lgbtq-rights-groups-demand-protection-vulnerable-afghans
UK: Foreign secretary Dominic Raab urged to help LGBT+ Afghans living in ‘grave fear’
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/24/dominic-raab-lgbt-afghanistan/
Romania's LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/romanias-lgbt-community-sees-gains-ongoing-rights-struggle-79585735
LGBT family that fled Russia says advert brought more hope than hatred
https://www.reuters.com/world/lgbt-family-that-fled-russia-says-advert-brought-more-hope-than-hatred-2021-08-24/
Nicaragua seeks to shut down country’s oldest LGBTQ rights group
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/08/24/nicaragua-seeks-to-shut-down-countrys-oldest-lgbtq-rights-group/
Full federal appeals court to hear Florida transgender bathroom fight
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/08/23/full-federal-appeals-court-to-hear-florida-transgender-bathroom-fight/
POVERTY
New data shows LGBTQ adults face twice as much hunger as non-LGBTQ peers
https://epgn.com/2021/08/18/new-data-shows-lgbtq-adults-face-twice-as-much-hunger-as-non-lgbtq-peers/
Pennsylvania: Tax forms show Philly Pride Presents exhausted funds, had no assets
https://epgn.com/2021/08/18/tax-forms-show-philly-pride-presents-exhausted-funds-had-no-assets/
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
Right-wing voices blame LGBTQ inclusion, “woke ideology” for Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
https://www.mediamatters.org/war-afghanistan/right-wing-voices-blame-lgbtq-inclusion-woke-ideology-taliban-takeover-afghanistan
Joe Rogan agrees with guest's rant comparing trans people to QAnon conspiracy theorists
https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/joe-rogan-agrees-guests-rant-comparing-trans-people-qanon-conspiracy-theorists
TikTok Presents Hate: Cheering Trans Suicides, Calling Gays Pedophiles
https://www.advocate.com/media/2021/8/24/tiktok-presents-hate-cheering-trans-suicides-calling-gays-pedophiles
Mormon Apostle: Take Up 'Muskets' Against LGBTQ+ Equality
https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/8/24/mormon-apostle-take-muskets-against-lgbtq-equality
LGBTQI+ group protest outside controversial Australian Christian Lobby event
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-24/acl-protest/100401686
HEALTH
Trans adults five times more likely to have attempted suicide than straight, cis peers
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/08/24/trans-suicide-four-times-rate/
Australia: Queensland father jailed after bashing young son for ‘acting gay’
(Trigger warning)
https://qnews.com.au/queensland-father-jailed-for-bashing-young-son-for-acting-gay/
Two LGBT marches held in Poland under heavy police security
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-europe-religion-poland-5fe0233e2072a10b7623ed3abf0ef9d8
'Filthy Pride': Marching for LGBTQ+ rights in Orbán's Hungary
(Video)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/24/filthy-pride-marching-for-lgbtq-rights-in-orbans-hungary-video
ENTERTAINMENT
Boosie Badazz Doubles Down on His Homophobic Lil Nas X Comments
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9618338/boosie-badazz-homophobic-comments-doubles-down-lil-nas-x
Tokyo Paralympic Games welcomes record number of LGBTQ athletes
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/nbc-out-proud/tokyo-paralympic-games-welcomes-record-number-lgbtq-athletes-rcna1732
https://sf.eater.com/2021/8/24/22639490/queer-wave-coffee-oakland-micro-roaster-cheyenne-xochitl-love
https://www.mic.com/p/straight-people-might-be-more-queer-than-they-realize-according-to-a-new-study-84116467