Gay USA 5/12/2021

Biden restores some LGBTQ+ rights; various states still taking them away. ∎ Biden’s HHS restores ban on anti-LGBTQ discrimination in healthcare. ∎ We’ll tell you about the first out transgender bishop in a US Christian denomination. ∎ Reclaim Pride in New York announces its marching route for June 27th. ∎ We mourn the loss of Winston Johnson of Atlanta, a leading advocate for LGBTQ rights in the South for decades, and a young US gay activist who died of COVID working to open things up more in India. ∎ Trans women murdered in Florida, Texas, and El Salvador. And an Iranian man killed by his own family for being gay. ∎ Catholic priests in Germany defy the Vatican and bless same-sex couples.