Gay Rights: Latt News, Top Stori & Analysis - POLITICO

Contents:

• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• GAY RIGHTS
• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• GAY RIGHTS NEWSWIRE
• ARTICL ON GAY RIGHTS
• GAY RIGHTS
• HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

The ReportThe Unlikely Threat to LGBTQ+ RightsAdvot worry that bat hijacked by the extrem of both parti over trans youth and athlet are beg ed for a broar asslt on settled law protectg gay, lbian and bisexual MilliganJuly 14, 2023The LattHow to Fd an LGBTQ-Friendly CollegeLGBTQ+ stunts should check to see if a school has out faculty and clive hog and bathrooms. The 1975 sger’s onstage nmnatn of homophobic laws has angered nservativ and left some LGBTQ+ people uneasy.

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ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

“I am eply alarmed by a wispread, profoundly negative ripti created by liberate actns to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at state level, ” he said, notg that the clu eply discrimatory measur seekg to rebuild stigma agast lbian and gay persons, limg prehensive sexual and genr tn for all, and accs to genr-affirmg treatment, sports and sgle-sex facili for trans and genr diverse persons. St Kts and Nevis crimaliz gay sex. Kts and Nevis High Court that laws crimalizg gay sex are unnstutnal.

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“This landmark lg is an important step forward ensurg equaly and digny for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny St. — A Southern California school board has bee the latt proxy for culture wars brewg across the untry after a nservative bloc voted to formally reject state-endorsed curriculum that would have mentned gay rights figure Harvey Milk. Proponents of the ban say Milk was a sexual predator, referrg to a disputed claim that the gay rights in had an appropriate relatnship wh a mor.

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”In July 2019, two gay men om St.

Vcent who are livg abroad filed a se to challenge lol laws crimalizg gay sex that activists say should be stck down.

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”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.

Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. It is hard for me as a gay this untry.

”Six English-speakg natns the Caribbean still crimalize gay sex, cludg Domi, Jamai, Guyana, Grenada and St. Gonsalv prevly noted there’s been a history of discrimatn agast gay people. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici. Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu.

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Proment German LGBTQ+ rights activist Anastasia Biefang has exprsed ncerns about an crease homophobic and anti-transgenr vlence and abe the untry, parg to rhetoric ed by the Nazis. A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl.

LONDON (Rters) -Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000.

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MADRID (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. July 26, 2023, 2:57 AMUniversy print nmns antisemic and homophobic vandalismPolice Ann Arbor, Michigan, are vtigatg "hate-motivated vandalism" at two off-mp Universy of Michigan aterny ho. July 25, 2023, 4:31 PMTransgenr swimmers to be clud the trial of an open tegory at petnsThe erng body of swimmg says will set up an “open tegory” that will clu transgenr petorsJuly 25, 2023, 12:47 PMChallenge to Florida drag shows law won't go to trial until next sprgTrial will terme if new Florida law targetg drag shows is 24, 2023, 5:42 PMMalaysia cuts short mic ft after Brish band slams anti-gay laws, sger kiss male bandmateMalaysia’s ernment has cut short a mic ftival after the lead sger of Brish band The 1975 slammed the untry’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate durg their performanceJuly 22, 2023, 8:06 PMJacksonville Jaguars Kev Maxen be 1st male pro sports ach to e out USJacksonville Jaguars’ assistant ach Kev Maxen has ma history by beg the first male ach profsnal sports the U.

July 20, 2023, 12:46 AMUK Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologiz for a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people the aryU_K_ Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U_K_ ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state. S., ntroversial surgeri for tersex children to assign them a genr are often still 18, 2023, 2:12 PMWhat's behd the fight to ban tersex surgery USIntersex activist Sean Saifa Wall intifi as male spe beg strated by doctors at 13 years 17, 2023, 1:16 PMThoands march at Budapt Pri as LGBTQ+ muny voic anxiety over Hungary's rtrictive lawsThoands of participants of the Budapt Pri march wound through the streets of the Hungarian pal on Saturday wh marchers voicg their anxiety over the creasg prsure on the LGBTQ+ muny om the untry’s right-wg ernmentJuly 16, 2023, 3:58 AMInty Denied: Trans Ameri: Part 2One Florida clic's staff says the state's ban for youth transgenr re is a cynil attempt to cut accs to all transgenr patients and will have ser 14, 2023, 7:56 AMInty Denied: Trans Ameri: Part 1Across the untry transgenr teens like Ain Pace say their te selv are unr attack om laws that prevent mors om gettg genr affirmg 14, 2023, 7:55 AMHungary slams hefty fe on bookstore cha over LGBTQ+ graphic novel, says vlated lawA ernment office Hungary has levied a hefty fe agast a natnal bookseller for vlatg a ntent law that prohibs the pictn of homosexualy to morsJuly 13, 2023, 6:29 PMHungary slams hefty fe on bookstore cha over LGBTQ+ graphic novel, says vlated lawA ernment office Hungary has levied a hefty fe agast a natnal bookseller for vlatg a ntent law that prohibs the pictn of homosexualy to morsJuly 13, 2023, 5:46 PMRsian lawmakers move to further rtrict transgenr rights new legislatnRsian lawmakers have approved a toughened versn of a bill that outlaws genr transng procr, wh add cls that annul marriag which one person has “changed genr” and barrg transgenr people om beg foster or 13, 2023, 2:14 PMMoms speak out durg Disabily Pri Month as US marks 33 years of ADATwo moms talk to “Good Morng Ameri” about why they wanted to speak out on social media July, which is also known as Disabily Pri 12, 2023, 2:03 PMKansas mt stop changg trans people's sex listg on driver's licens, judge saysA state-urt judge has orred Kansas to stop allowg transgenr people to change the listg for sex on their driver’s licensJuly 10, 2023, 8:38 PMRsia’s first transgenr polician drops her n for ernor due to anti-LGBTQ+ billRsia’s latt anti-LGBTQ+ bill erod support need to register her ndidacyJuly 10, 2023, 7:10 PMTrans rights advot prott Tennsee billA feral urt lg allowed a law Tennsee to go to effect, clearg the way for a ban on genr-affirmg re for people unr 9, 2023, 3:36 PMTennsee n enforce ban on transgenr re for mors, urt saysA feral appeals urt has temporarily reversed a lower urt's lg that had prohibed Tennsee om enactg a ban on genr-affirmg re for transgenr youthJuly 8, 2023, 5:50 PMMeet the hockey team ma up entirely of trans and nonbary athlet Team Trans is a “val” safe space for hockey players who intify as transgenr, says. July 5, 2023, 10:46 PMLegimacy of 'ctomer' Supreme Court gay rights se rais ethil and legal flagsThe supposed ctomer that sparked the se says never 4, 2023, 6:38 AMMan ced LGBTQ Supreme Court se says he was never volved: ReportThe report is sparkg qutns as polls show most people disapprove of the urt 3, 2023, 7:10 PMDeSantis mpaign shar vio on LGBTQ rightsThe vio par Florida Gov.

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In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”. The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015. Wispread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people servg the ary and the need for protectns for LGBTQ+ people followed.

HOE PASS SWEEPG GAY AND TRANSGENR EQUALY LEGISLATN

As recently as 2020, the urt, then wh two Tmp appote, led that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lbian and transgenr workers.

In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they disvered their child was gay or a lbian. A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outsi Walt Disney World this month.

The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child. ”To be gay, their view, is to be herently sexualized, a threat to nocence a way that straight Amerins are vehemence has ught even veteran LGBTQ+ advot by surprise. He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill.