Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

Contents:

• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• GAY
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS

OUT News2d agoOUT NewsTransgenr former stunt su Missouri school for makg her e boys' bathroomsThe former stunt received tentn twice for g the girls’ room and said a classmate threatened her wh rape when she ed the boys’ room, the su News2d agoOUT NewsBeyoncé honors fatally stabbed gay man on her official webseO’Shae Sibley, 28, was dancg to Beyoncé’s album “Renaissance” at a Brooklyn, New York, gas statn prr to the fatal News2d agoOUT NewsBrish cha Costa Coffee fac boytt lls over transgenr illtratnThe hashtag #BoyttCostaCoffee has garnered immense tractn on social media, wh supporters claimg the Co-Cola subsidiary is promotg “mutilatn. OUT News3d agoOUT NewsNazis prott a Wisns Pri event, shoutg homophobic slursIn recent years, whe natnalists and neo-Nazis, who are often armed, have creasgly protted Pri celebratns and drag News3d agoOUT NewsFatal stabbg of NYC gay man is beg vtigated as a possible hate crimeO’Shae Sibley, 28, was dancg to mic by Beyoncé at a Brooklyn gas statn prr to the fatal cint.

Florida effectively bans AP Psychology for genr, sex ntent: College Board The College Board announced that Florida has effectively banned AP Psychology for s ntent on genr and sexual 3, 2023, 11:23 PMACLU fil lawsu agast drag show rtrictns TexasThe ACLU of Texas is sug agast rtrictns on drag performanc the 3, 2023, 8:52 PMPolice search for teen fatal stabbg of NYC dancer O'Shae SibleyThe NYPD is searchg for the teen nnectn wh the fatal stabbg of a gay Black man 3, 2023, 10:42 AMDeadly stabbg of gay man at NYC gas statn vtigated as potential hate crimeThe stabbg of a gay man named O'Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn, New York, gas statn is beg vtigated as a potential hate crime, acrdg to lol 2, 2023, 2:19 PMTransgenr former stunt su Missouri school for makg her e boys' bathroomsA transgenr former stunt is sug a Missouri school district for forcg her to e the boys' bathrooms or the high school's only sgle-stall bathroomAugt 1, 2023, 11:33 PMTransgenr rights targeted executive orr signed by Oklahoma ernorGov. 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.

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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 18.

Though the percentage of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults has doubled over the past , acrdg to Gallup, lawmakers stat across the untry have proposed legislatn that seeks to rtrict LGBTQ rights. Dpe divisn among her teammat, she ntued to pete and went on to bee the first transgenr woman to w an NCAA champnship when she won the 500-yard etyle March for full storyDog abandoned for beg 'gay' is adopted by same-sex upleJohn Wn, Fez and Steve NicholsIn March, a story about a dog named Fez who was abandoned at a shelter North Carola for beg “gay” went viral.

Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — on March 28. She is the latt LGBTQ sensatn on the show, followg Amy Schneir, who beme the show’s top female earner last for full story'It’s already havg an impact': LGBTQ people fear abortn rights reversalA supporter of gay marriage wav a flag ont of the Supreme Court on June 25, Wilson / Getty Imag fileIn May, LGBTQ people anticipated that the reversal of Roe v.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

He was ad an hour photoSocial worker Jul Ramirez died after leavg a popular Manhattan gay bar April and gettg to a b wh three unintified men. His bank acunts were draed days later, his brother told NBC News May, and the fay was left wh more qutns than answers weeks after his for full storyAnti-LGBTQ threats, fueled by the ter's far right 'mache, ' shut down trans rights and drag eventsPolice Cor d'Alene, Idaho, ta people pulled om a U-Hl tck near the cy's Pri celebratn June Brown via APThroughout June, which is LGBTQ Pri month, activists and alli were forced to ncel events or enact addnal secury measur after drag performanc and readgs at lol librari were targeted by whe natnalist for full storyLns, headach, bilatg pa: Gay men wh mpox share their storiGerald Febl shows mpox lns on his hands July 3, New York.

Benjam Ryan / NBC NewsEighteen gay men who ntracted mpox, prevly known as monkeypox, told NBC News about their experienc amid the unprecented outbreak over the summer.

Rearch published Augt suggted that the vis’s spread was largely beg driven by sex between for full storyGOP lawmaker attend gay son’s weddg 3 days after votg agast same-sex marriageRep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., attend his gay son’s weddg July 22 — three days before votg agast the Rpect for Marriage Act, a bill that would dify feral protectns for same-sex marriage.

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

12 and was spired by the 1992 cult classic by director Penny Marshall, brought much-need reprentatn to the screen for lbians and other queer women, who celebrated how “gay, gay, gay” for full storyOne of the most powerful men NYC's gay nightlife scene fac over a of sexual misnduct allegatns NBC News / Getty Imag / via InstagramMichael J. Cohen, one of the most proment figur New York’s gay nightlife scene, was acced of sexual misnduct by ne people who spoke to NBC News about their experienc over the last .

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.

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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. 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. Out is an outlet for the most proment voic of the LGBT muny, many of whom exprs opns on culture, polics, gay news, and more on Read the latt op-eds om gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals like Michael Mto, Jse Archer, Christopher Glazek, Michael Lus, and more.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT

Disver breakg gay news about topics important to the gay muny such as legislatn related to adoptn, marriage equaly, and hate crim.

] about ‘Blatantly homophobic’: Kansas Catholic school acced of expellg A-stunt to punish momPublished by Euronews (English)Were he still alive, today would be Amerin wrer Jam Baldw’s birthday. ” (April 19)Click for full storyCherry Grove: How a beach town beme a gay ‘safe haven’Maggie McCorkle and Audrey Hartmann Cherry Grove, Calif., Grove Archiv CollectnAn exhib at the New-York Historil Society featur rarely seen photos of the LGBTQ muny enjoyg the eedom offered by Fire Island’s Cherry Grove, one of Ameri’s first gay beach towns. Colbert / Roadsi AttractnsThe movie, starrg Mark Wahlberg, tells the plited story of a father who wanted to memorialize his gay son while also spreadg a msage of acceptance.

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.

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

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney.

The mixture of vodka and soda water, long known rmally as “gay water” the LGBTQ muny, is the brachild of 30-year-old gay entreprenr Spencer Hodson. He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more.

Hodson, who is fancg Gay Water wh his own money pl backg om fay and iends, his brightly lored ns are leang to their gayns stead of avoidg . He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.

Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said. Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law.

Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said. Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace.

"The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, " said Cristian González Cabrera, gay rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch. Six other Wtern natns -- cludg Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia -- ntue to crimalize gay sex, wh penalti as weighty as a prison for "gross cency wh another person of the same sex.

"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.

"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man.

The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was.