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Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ecessarily align with those of the administration or individual officials. Costa Rica: Gathering on Civil Marriage Equality Addressed by U.S. Diplomat U.S. Embassy official Eric Catalfamo addressed the Civil Marriage Equality Congress at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights, reports the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers: Catalfamo in his speech noted he himself is gay and cited Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Pride month statement in wh…

‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ly warms my huge, queer heart.” Marriage equality advocates are meeting in Costa Rica November 8-11. Tajikistan: Government compiles list of LGBT people A newspaper published by the state prosecutor reported that authorities have compiled a list of 319 gay men and 48 lesbians who will be “required to undergo testing to avoid ‘the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases,’” reports AFP: Unlike in neighbouring Uzbekistan, where “sodomy” is illegal, h…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…eports that attendees included activists from Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Spain and the U.S. Lavers recaps the regional context of change and continuing problems for LGBTs: Same-sex couples are able to legally marry in 19 states and D.C., Canada, Argenti…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…A group of Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay — countered the African Group’s efforts to postpone the new mandate. A petition to protect the position launched by ILGA garnered the support of 850 human rights organizations from 157 countries. Last Monday the human rights committee of the General Assembly narrowly voted down the suspension attempt and then voted 94 to 3 with 80…

LGBT Victories at Olympics, Struggles in Brazil; Catholic Bishops Organizing Anti-Marriage Equality Protests in Mexico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…, noting specifically improvements in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay. The report covers areas such as education, labor, health care, and protections against discrimination and violence. Last year the IAHCR released a major report on anti-LGBTI violence in the Americas. The anti-LGBT C-Fam complains that the Organization for American States is emerging as a “global L…

Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nounced that it would match donations to the Yes campaign up to AU$50,000. Costa Rica: Conservative Candidate Hopes LGBT Visibility Will Elect More Christians La Republica reports on the emergence of Vamos, a provincial political party that “responds to the unfulfilled promises of traditional parties that have not wanted to promote a change in the rights of LGBTI people.” Fabricio Alvarado, the candidate of the National Restoration party, hopes th…

Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…iage, due in part to Honduras’s nature as a nation with Christian values.” Costa Rica: Conservatives challenge political party support for marriage equality La Republica reported this week, “The conservative wing of the Citizen Action Party (PAC) demanded that its candidate, Carlos Alvarado, remove from the government program its support for equal marriage and gender ideology.” (Translation by Google.) The paper reports that more than 150 people h…

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…cultural conservatism in the United States. The foundation of this source code (the motherlode of the code, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most impo…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…nti-LGBT language has been proposed by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. Action on the amendment has also been delayed. The International Service for Human Rights is among the groups urging countries to reject the African Group effort. Romania: Orthodox Church helps spearhead push for anti-marriage-equality amendment The Romanian Orthodox Church “dramatically” demonstrated its influence, according to…

Mormon Leader Affirms Doctrine on Marriage; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d by the Constitutional Court, and will listen to opinions from all sides. Costa Rica: New Political Party Advocates for LGBT Equality A new political party, Vamos (“let’s go”), is focused on making LGBT equality an issue in coming legislative elections. The party’s leaders say that making progress on human rights and marriage equality and combating gender violence have been held up by Christian deputies. Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Campaign Expanded to…