LGBTQ News, 11/27/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III. LAW ENFORCEMENT
IV. PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
V. ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
VI. HEALTH
VII. ARTS & CULTURE
VIII. SPORTS
IX. CRIME
X. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Indian Supreme Court declines to include LGBTQ+ people in sexual harassment law
Escalating LGBTIQ+ abuses heighten concerns in Uganda
(Trigger warning)
https://www.mambaonline.com/2023/11/25/escalating-lgbtiq-abuses-heighten-concerns-in-uganda/
South Africa: Regional trans equality conference set to take place in Cape Town
French Senate debates compensation for gay men jailed under homophobic laws
Amsterdam crowd protests against discrimination after Dutch far-right win
POLICY / LEGISLATION
New York court decades marriage law applies retroactively in lesbian divorce case
https://gaycitynews.com/new-york-court-marriage-law-retroactively-lesbian-divorce-case/
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Australia: Police told sister of missing transgender woman to call fire brigade, Victorian coronial inquest hears
PRO-LGBTQ ADVOCACY
Major donor sues One Love Foundation, alleging organization in ‘disarray’
ANTI-LGBTQ ACTIVISM
How American Classrooms Are Being Censored in 2023: Report
https://www.advocate.com/news/educational-gag-orders-surge-nationwide
Middle schoolers tell Moms for Liberty to ‘stop bullying’ LGBTQ+ youth
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/28/middle-schoolers-moms-for-liberty/
Anti-LGBTQ protestor flips tractor in high-speed chase in Canada
HEALTH
PrEP: The small blue pill helping end HIV transmission
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67522398
UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak
https://apnews.com/article/mpox-monkeypox-who-africa-congo-outbreak-db409f48ea2d03d375c046d61c5ab96b
ARTS & CULTURE
Washington: Seattle Gay News working to archive every old publication free for the public to view
Julia Armfield and Jon Ransom win the Polari prizes for LGBTQ+ books
In 'The Dads,' men bond over fishing and their love for their transgender kids
India’s LGBTQ+ community holds pride march, raises concerns over country’s restrictive laws
https://apnews.com/article/india-gay-pride-c9e8093f47409253e6fa2277fd55854e
South Africa's 'Vogue Opera' honors life of gay anti-apartheid activist Nkoli
SPORTS
Christian school that objected to transgender athlete sues Vermont after it’s banned from competing
Transgender women have been barred from playing in international women’s cricket
https://apnews.com/article/cricket-transgender-women-icc-ffd43c6f955db2a159976e467111a544
CRIME
UK: Transgender Girl's Alleged Killers Go on Trial
https://www.advocate.com/crime/brianna-ghey-accused-murderers-trial
Prosecutors Say Nonbinary Mexican Magistrate Died in Horrific Murder-Suicide
https://www.advocate.com/crime/nonbinary-mexican-magistrate-murder-suicide
COMMENTARY
How Nazi Germany Persecuted Transgender People
https://www.advocate.com/transgender/nazi-germany-trans-people-persecution
Most Americans Don’t Want States Able to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids
https://www.advocate.com/news/gender-affirming-care-americans-poll
‘Archaic’: The Tennessee town that made homosexuality illegal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/26/tennessee-homosexuality-lgbtq-book-bans-florida