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October 2022 LGBT+ News Recap

3 October 2022

Oct 4
Slovenia legalizes same-sex marriage

Oct 4
Texas judge strikes down pro-LGBT+ guidance on workplace discrimination

Oct 5
Oklahoma de facto bans gender affirming care for youth

Oct 6
ACLU complaint alleges anti-LGBT+ discrimination in Pennsylvania school district

Oct 7
Jon Stewart owns the TERFs with facts and logic

Oct 10
Cleveland bans conversion therapy
Opinion: Good move but I'm scared of possible lawsuits that could unravel conversion therapy bans just like what happened in Florida.

Oct 12
Mexico's largest state legalizes same-sex marriage

Oct 13
Report finds the number of transgender people murdered doubled over the past 4 years

Oct 14
Chile issues first non-binary identity document

Oct 14
Bill introduced in Virginia to require parents to support LGBT+ children

Oct 17
Republicans introduce bill to ban gender-affirming care in Michigan
Opinion: This bill seems like more of a political messaging bill because of Michigan's democratic governor making the bill unlikely to pass. If the governor's house flips that could change though even then the bill would likely be struck down in court.

Oct 19
Biden expands survivor benefits for same-sex spouses

Oct 19
Republicans introduce federal don't say gay bill
Opinion: This also seems like a political messaging bill because Biden would just veto it.

Oct 24
California judge sides with baker in religious exceptions case
Opinion: While I don't likely these opinions, they are narrow and probably won't undermine too many rights.

Oct 24
Judge dismisses case against Flordia's don't say gay bill

Oct 24
Yeshiva University recognizes a LGBT+ student group
Opinion: This is surprising given that the same university has been in a legal fight with another LGBT+ student group.susu Oct 27
Mexico's last state legalizes same-sex marriage
Opinion: I want to know why this is much less controversial in other countries, this would have never happened in the US.

Oct 29
Florida medical broad votes to ban gender affirming care for youth
Opinion: Apparently, a majority of people on that medical board are part of a Christian medical group that bans its members from promoting gender affirming care, this makes the vote rigged from the start.