LGBTQ News, 9/16/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          REGIONAL NEWS

II.         POLICY / LEGISLATION

III.        PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

IV.        ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

V.         HEALTH

VI.        DISCRIMINATION

VII.       HATE CRIMES

VIII.      ARTS & CULTURE

IX.        ENTERTAINMENT

X.         COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Lancaster County school district meets over transgender student athletes

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-school-district-meets-transgender-students-athletes/41236552#

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Senate punts same-sex marriage vote until after midterm elections

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-punts-sex-marriage-vote-midterm-election-rcna47948

 

 

Montana defies order on transgender birth certificates

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/montana-defies-order-transgender-birth-certificates-rcna48053

 

 

Alaska: New Mat-Su school policy threatens transgender students, advocates say. It may also be illegal.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2022/09/15/new-mat-su-school-policy-threatens-transgender-students-advocates-say-it-may-also-be-illegal/

 

 

Ohio state school board to consider resolution on LGBTQ discrimination and school lunch funding

https://www.wyso.org/local-and-statewide-news/2022-09-16/ohio-state-school-board-to-consider-resolution-on-lgbtq-discrimination-and-school-lunch-funding

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY

 

Equality Virginia to track implementation of trans, nonbinary student protections

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/09/15/equality-virginia-to-track-implementation-of-trans-nonbinary-student-protections/

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM

 

Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says

https://apnews.com/article/libraries-american-library-association-book-banning-af7c9f312266b572c3dc189b1d109de4

 

 

Right-wing radio host blames LGBTQ “degeneracy” for the rise of Hitler

https://www.mediamatters.org/jesse-kelly/citing-nazi-germany-right-wing-radio-host-claims-lgbtq-people-will-never-be-accepted

 

 

UK: Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian group sues Cambridge college for ‘religious discrimination’

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/16/cambridge-college-christian-concern-religious-discrimination/

 

 

LGB Alliance co-founder claims lesbian, gay and bisexual children do not exist

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/16/lgb-alliance-tribunal-mermaids-kate-harris-eileen-gallagher/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH

 

Monkeypox Cases Are Down Nationally but Up in Communities of Color

https://www.advocate.com/health/2022/9/15/monkeypox-cases-are-down-nationally-communities-color

 

 

 

 

 

DISCRIMINATION

 

Pennsylvania: Central Bucks West tells teachers not to use students’ preferred names and pronouns without parent approval

https://www.witf.org/2022/09/15/central-bucks-west-tells-teachers-not-to-use-students-preferred-names-and-pronouns-without-parent-approval/

 

 

Israel: Defying ministry, rabbis tell school to put transgender boy in female-only class

https://www.timesofisrael.com/defying-ministry-rabbis-tell-school-to-put-transgender-boy-in-female-only-class/

 

 

Australia: Discrimination complaint lodged over lack of census questions on sexuality

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/16/kaison-has-two-mums-discrimination-complaint-lodged-over-lack-of-census-questions-on-sexuality

 

 

 

 

 

 

HATE CRIMES

 

FBI charges Massachusetts woman with Boston Children's Hospital bomb threat

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fbi-charges-massachusetts-woman-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-rcna47973

 

 

Man who threatened Merriam-Webster with anti-LGBTQ violence pleads guilty

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/16/merriam-webster-lgbtq-threat/

 

 

Australia: Sydney Man Hamdi Alqudsi Held Guilty Of Planning Terror Attacks On Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/hamdi-alqudsi-held-guilty-of-planning-terror-attacks-on-sydney-gay-lesbian-mardi-gras/216654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTS & CULTURE

 

Pennsylvania: Drag performer, 25, dies mid-performance at Philadelphia bar

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/valencia-prime-philadelphia-drag-queen-dies-performance-rcna47893

 

 

EuroPride parade to go ahead as planned after Serbian government makes u-turn

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/16/europride-parade-belgrade-serbia-government/

 

 

Activists in Ukraine city to hold Pride events

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/09/16/activists-in-ukraine-city-to-hold-pride-events/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTERTAINMENT

 

'Saturday Night Live' announces its first nonbinary cast member

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/saturday-night-live-announces-first-nonbinary-cast-member-rcna47993

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

Rape by any other name: The toxic practice of stealthing

https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/09/16/rape-by-any-other-name-the-toxic-practice-of-stealthing/