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Intolerance in Indonesia Extends to Religious Minorities; Lutheran Church in Norway OK’s Same-Sex Marriage, But Not in Finland; Catholic Church Warns Australian CEOs to Back Off Marriage Equality Support; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…” The Index on Censorship has also reported this month on gay activists in Honduras facing torture, prison, and assassination in crimes that go largely uninvestigated. Activists told the Index that the violence had “exploded” after a 2009 military coup. Gang warfare was a massive contributor to Honduras status as the nation with the world’s highest murder rate in 2012, however the gay community’s main concern is not gangs, but the state security f…

Duterte Cites Catholic Heritage in Opposing Marriage Equality, and More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Integration, promotes human rights and political stability in the region. Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic are members of the Guatemala City-based body. Honduras’ general elections are scheduled to take place on Nov. 26. Jordany told the Blade that she will “hopefully” be among the Central American Parliament candidates who remain on the ballot. Chile: LGBT activist announces congressional run LGBT ac…

New Mormon Anti-Gay Policy Sparks Mass Exodus From Church; Christian AID Workers in Africa Refuse to Help Gay Refugees; Ukraine Rejects, Then Accepts EU-Required Gay Rights Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rriage equality. He appeared with members of the Evangelical Fellowship of Honduras. Oliva said he could not stop someone from introducing a bill, which he said would get whatever formal treatment required, but that he would not support it. From a November 10 report in La Prensa (translation via Google). Yesterday some 50 representatives of the Evangelical Fellowship of Honduras asked the Congress to reject any initiative to promote marriage betwe…

Hungarian Mayor Wants to Import White Christians, Ban Muslims & LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…her it is reasonable to allow conscientious objections to same-sex unions. Honduras: LGBT activist seeks to become first openly LGBT person in Congress Erick Martinez, coordinator of the Human Rights Committee of the Diversity Movement in Resistance, is running to become the first openly LGBT person elected to the Honduran Congress. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reports: Martínez is running on a platform that includes improving the Hondura…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ce — calling on them to “burn” LGBT people in their social media comments. Honduras: Candidates challenge news report portraying them as marriage equality supporters At Patheos, Luciano Gonzalez reports on three women who are running for Congress and who were quoted in the newspaper El Heraldo expressing varying degrees of support for LGBT rights and same-sex unions, under a headline that suggested they were in favor of marriage equality. The cand…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…God for man in the area of creation and morality, in their own countries. Honduras: LGBT advocates meet in country plagued by violence The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reported this week on the more than 100 people who attended an LGBT equality strategy session in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Advocates from throughout Latin America attended the conference at the Hotel Plaza del Libertador in Tegucigalpa that Honduran LGBT rights advocates organize…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…t we would want to be able to offer such weddings in the cathedral itself. Honduras: One of ‘world’s most dangerous cities’ sponsors first Pride celebration Hundreds of people took part in a Pride parade in San Pedro Sula, which the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers describes as “one of the world’s most dangerous cities.” Freddy Funez, a local LGBT rights advocate, told the Washington Blade the first Pride parade in Honduras’ second-largest city t…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…gravated homosexuality”, which carries punishment of up to life in prison. Honduras: Activist seeks to become first LGBT person elected to Congress Activist Erick Martinez is running to become the first LGBT person elected to Congress. He also ran in 2012, reports the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers, who reports that Martinez “noted an evangelical pastor told Hondurans not to vote for gay men and lesbians because ‘we corrupt God’s models.’” Mart…

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…this week published a report on the gathering of LGBTI groups that met in Honduras in early October. Organized by [Wilson] Castañeda’s Colombia-based organization Caribe Afirmativo, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute, Hivos International and Honduran LGBTI group Somos CDC, Tegucigalpa was more than just a gathering, it was a call to action. Participants came from 22 different countries with varying degrees of legal and social LGBTI inclusion — f…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…sary administrative burden on civil partners wishing to marry,’’ she said. Honduras: Hundreds gather to talk LGBT issues in the Western Hemisphere Hundreds of people from throughout the Western Hemisphere joined a conference in Tegucigalpa designed to bolster LGBT advocacy in the region. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers covered the conference. Randy Berry, the special U.S. envoy to promote global LGBT rights, spoke at the gathering that took…