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Peter Montgomery

Peter Montgomery, a Washington, DC-based writer, is an associate editor for Religion Dispatches and a Senior Fellow at People For the American Way. His work focuses on religion, politics, and LGBT issues. Follow him on twitter @petemont.

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 2, 2018

2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People

By Peter Montgomery

Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderDecember 18, 2017

Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Costa Rican human rights and anti-torture activist Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the new UN Independent Expert…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 27, 2017

Marriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Queer Asia has issued a call for submissions for the Queer Asia Film Festival and…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 21, 2017

Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Australia: Voters overwhelmingly support marriage equality; opponents seek religious exemptions Australian voters overwhelmingly expressed support…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 13, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

Gay Times (U.K.) has compiled a map with nations marked by colors representing eight legal…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 6, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

International ILGA published its 2017 Global Attitudes Survey on Sexual, Gender and Sex Minorities, which…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 30, 2017

Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30

By Peter Montgomery

Editors from the International Press Institute told American journalists “that Donald Trump’s hostility toward the…

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Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 23, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

International At the Washington Post, Max Bearak takes note of the “rising global tide of…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 17, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.”

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 10, 2017

U.S. Religious Right Groups Support Move Toward ‘Illiberalism’ of Hungary and Poland; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The European Lesbian* Conference, which brought together 500 activists, artists, academics, politicians, journalistas and civil…

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