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Global Anti-Gay Forces Plot Against ‘Satanic’ Equality Movement

…ca’s case, we refer to Section 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman, thereby ruling out the possibility of formal recognition of same-sex relationships. It is a provision that has its foundation in a deep-seated, if slowly receding, homophobia that has caused us to maintain the buggery provisions, which, essentially, criminalise male homosexuality and allows the State…

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Trump Considers Pulling USA Out Of Human Rights Council; Indonesian President Blames Democracy For Rise of Militant Islamism; Global LGBT Recap

…g and strategy-sharing event for anti-LGBT and anti-SRHR groups worldwide. Malaysia: Human Rights Watch reports on rise of anti-LGBT Sharia codes Human Rights Watch reported on the brutal murder of a transgender woman in Kuantan city, connecting it toward a shift in government policies in recent decades – including passage of state-level Sharia criminal codes that institutionalize anti-trans discrimination — that have created a hostile environment…

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Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

…ong” for May and the Conservative Party to be aligning themselves with and promoting “an organization that promotes hatred, homophobia and misogyny born of religious fundamentalism and masquerading as religious freedom.” The UK’s general election will be held on June 9. Poland: Warsaw Pride parade draws crowd in spite of opposition from church, gov’t, nationalists A crowd estimated by organizers at 50,000 people and by police at 13,000 marched in…

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American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

…og that he felt that Custer or Columbus would have been a more appropriate code name for bin Laden, and that the use of Geronimo was just another example of how “We’ve been reduced to caricatures as mascots and entertainment in sports and media.”  In fact, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee held hearings recently on American Indians and racist stereotypes, and one of the first items of business was a discussion of why this particular code name wa…

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Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

…you who study religion may have a good deal to say about the centrality of free will (i.e. law over code) in different religious traditions. One thing that strikes me week by week is how much the show takes as given our understanding of the digital realm: our ability to think in terms of interfaces, memory, avatars, virtual world economies, and the like. I might contrast that with how fundamentally indecipherable a film like Tron was when it was r…

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Catholic Church Campaigns Against Gay US Ambassador; Global LGBT Recap

…hich he said are “against Islam,” reports Suzanne Lazaroo at The Star. The Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation, the Malaysian Islamic Development Department, and the Federal Territories Islamic Department were among sponsors of a symposium on “Marriage Issues, Family Matters, Entrepreneurship and Management.” Kyrgystan: Commentary: Scapegoating NGOs, LGBTs Won’t Fix Economy Last week Franco Galdini, writing for The Diplomat, argued t…

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What Would Jesus Chew?, Bishops Bet on B-Ball, The Incredibly Shrinking Brain

…avid Blight tells the story of the first Memorial Day, celebrated by newly freed blacks in Charleston, South Carolina memorializing dead Union troops. In Joplin, Missouri, residents mourned those lost in the tornado. The Department of Homeland Security has ended a post-9/11 registration program that required Arab and Muslim men to register with the government, but not before tangling many Muslim immigrants up in legal proceedings. The Muslim Broth…

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Marriage Vote ‘Transforms’ Not-So-Catholic Ireland; Activist to Malaysian PM – ‘Love Is Not Terrorism’; LGBTs Find Growing Acceptance in Colombia, Not At World Meeting of Families; Global LGBT Recap

…ldings. LGBT movements are struggling to keep sexual and gender minorities free from violence – an aim that Malaysia and all governments should embrace. It makes sense that the “moderate” government Najib espouses would be concerned about violent extremist sects. But a “moderate” government should also respect its citizens’ rights to be free from discrimination and violence, and that is what LGBT people are asking for. Vatican: Tensions mounting a…

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Gambian President Threatens to Kill Asylum Seekers

…are targeting Christians in Nigeria, so you wonder if there’s a conspiracy between the two worlds,” she said. Asia: IGLHRC Report on Anti-LBT Violence in Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka This week the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission released an in-depth report on violence against lesbian and bisexual women and trans people in Asia. Research teams working in five countries conducted 370 interviews, 230 with LB…

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Finding the Missing Airliner with Coconuts

…l implements allowed the bomoh to spiritually “search” for the plane. Many Malaysians have expressed outrage over the bomoh’s attempt to help. Jakim, the Malaysian government’s department for Islamic development, released a statement that the Mat Zin’s ritual contradicts Islamic teachings and practices. Twitter accounts have bemoaned the incident as an embarrassment to Malaysia and called for Ibrahim to be arrested. All cultures have experts that…

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