London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap
International Family Equality Day was celebrated on May 7 with events in 30 countries. The…
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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
Politico reported this week that the Trump administration is considering pulling the USA out of…
Read MoreUncertainty About US Role In LGBT Human Rights Under Trump; Global LGBT Recap
As the Donald Trump administration took power in Washington, D.C., amid some uncertainty about the…
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What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
Cuba’s long-time dictator Fidel Castro’s death was both celebrated and mourned.
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Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
Backlash At UN & Elsewhere; Religious Leaders Rally Against Marriage Equality in Taiwan & El Salvador.
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Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it…
Read MoreThe Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap
Syria: ISIS not the only source of brutality against LGBTs Dan McDougall’s feature story in…
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Obama at Romero’s Tomb: The Politics of Liberation
Today, on the eve of the 31st anniversary of Oscar Romero’s assassination, President Barack Obama visited the Archbishop’s tomb. Romero was of one of the most beloved, misunderstood, and critiqued figures in the modern Latin American Catholic Church, and Obama’s visit has sparked some surprise and controversy—especially given Romero’s public critiques of the US government in the final years of his life and his association with Latin American liberation theology.
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Massacre of Jesuits in El Salvador: 20 Years Later
Two decades after the murder of six Jesuit professors, El Salvador is celebrating the end of right-wing rule and the first peaceful transfer of power in nearly 200 years.
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El Salvador’s Newest Martyr?
An interview with Jamie Moffett, documentarian, on the making of a film on the state of activism, environment, and faith in a country whose politics and economy have been linked to the United States for decades.
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