Peru's first lesbian lawmaker vowed for a strong battle, the United Kingdom Prime Minister pledged to exempt prayer from the conversion therapy ban, the first adoption occurred by a male couple in Mexico’s Baja California, and the first drag queen was certified as a candidate for ministry in the United States United Methodist Church.
Unfortunately this progress was met with waves of arrests and abuse against LGBT people in Cameroon and Iranian LGBT people fleeing harassment found life no easier in Turkey.
Conservative lawmakers in the United States continued their attack on trans youth: the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill allowing genital inspections for female student athletes, a Texas bill redefined child abuse to include hormone therapy and puberty blockers, the Arizona legislature sent the governor a bill requiring parental opt-in on school curriculum that touches on LGBT/HIV Including "taboo" stuff like LGBT historical events and landmark court cases, and the Tennessee General Assembly sent the governor a bill requiring schools to notify parents of curriculum that touches on LGBT.
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Global Queer News is an initiative of The Global Center’s Media Unit. Each week, we gather the top seven queer stories from around the world and synthesize them for your knowledge and action.
