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August 2022 LGBT+ News Recap

1 September 2022

Ukraine will consider same-sex marriage after the war

Jim Obergefell wins primaries for Ohio state house

New study casts more doubts on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

Tennessee sued over it's school bathroom bill

States file brief opposed to Florida's "don't say gay" law

Ron DeSantis suspends state attorney for not enforcing anti-LGBT+ and abortion policies

Uganda authorities suspend a LGBT+ rights group

Report finds Malaysia's government funds conversion therapy camps

Research finds use of the "groomer" slur increased by 400% percent after the "don't say gay" bill was passed

Virginia governor wants schools to out kids

Pope Francis meets with transgender groups

Children's hospital's staff attacked after misinformation spreads online

Florida cuts medicare coverage for transgender people

Fundraiser helps library defunded over LGBT+ books

US circuit court rules transgender people are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act

Pennsylvania governor signs executive order limiting conversion therapy

Western Australia's nondiscrimination laws will be overhauled to protect LGBT+ people and women

Several groups file brief in support of upholding a injunction stoping an Alabama anti-transgender health care ban from going into effect

Parents file complaint claiming first place girl in a sports event was transgender (she was cis)

Conversion therapy victims will be able to seek compensation in New Zealand

Christian school asks all LGBT+ students to leave

Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces an anti-transgender youth health care bill

Judge enjoins anti-transgender sports bill in Utah

Singapore to repeal ban on male same-sex intimacy

UK conservatives use anti-transgender dog whistles

Appeals court upholds block on gender affirming care ban for transgender youth

Appeals court rules the US can't make doctors with moral objections preform gender affirming care

Anti-LGBT+ protest held against allowing Europride in Serbia

Saint Kitts and Nevis' ban on same-sex intimacy stuck down

Far-right trolls target LGBT+ suicide hotline

UN expert talks about LGBT+ rights in America