Daily newsletter 8/8

➡️ To close out the week, here's a quick roundup of headlines affecting the LGBTQ+ community worldwide:

• The United Kingdom’s leading human rights agency is set to issue guidance banning transgender people from single-sex facilities — in some cases, even those that match their sex assigned at birth.
• Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, the first out lesbian governor in the U.S., has enacted protections for abortion and gender-affirming care in her state.
• The Washington Post is reporting that the State Department under Marco Rubio is omitting anti-LGBTQ+ actions from foreign human rights reports.
• A Florida teacher who was fired for using a student’s nickname can still work in the classroom — but not at her old job.
• The fight to eradicate “conversion therapy” is far from over, a new report warns.

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

The United Kingdom is about to implement a nationwide transgender bathroom ban

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The U.K. is set to ban trans people from single-sex facilities — even some that match their biological sex.

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Courtesy Maura Healey via facebook

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

State Dept. omitting anti-LGBTQ+ actions from foreign human rights reports

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This and other changes are detailed in drafts obtained by The Washington Post.

Florida teacher fired for using student's nickname won't get her job back

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Ron DeSantis' new Education Commissioner tried to back out of a deal allowing Melissa Calhoun to retain her teaching credentials after a parent accused her of "grooming" a child "to be gay."

The fight to eradicate dangerous ‘conversion therapy’ isn’t over, alarming new report warns

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Transgender young people are the targets of the latest iteration of the damaging and discredit practice.

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