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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 BlogJanuary 16, 2015

Gambian Prez Rails Against Gay ‘Evil Empire’; Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass; Trans Talk on Tunisian TV Sparks Debate; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

This week the Human Rights Campaign released its list of countries to watch in 2015,…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD BlogJanuary 9, 2015

Anti-Gay Forces On Offense in Europe; ‘African Islam’ Challenged by Extremists; Irish Marriage Foes & ‘Sounds of Sodomy’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

In our precap of global LGBT stories we expect to follow in 2015, we discussed…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/Gender, StoriesJanuary 2, 2015

Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015

By Peter Montgomery

There’s no reason to think the increasingly global culture war between advocates and opponents of…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD BlogDecember 12, 2014

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Human Rights Day was celebrated this week, on December 10.  Michael Adee celebrated with a…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, UncategorizedDecember 5, 2014

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 21, 2014

Anti-Gay Violence Rages in Gambia; Conservative ‘Complementarity’ Confab; Coming Out in Iraq Can Be Death Sentence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Transgender Day of Remembrance was observed around the world on Thursday to memorialize victims of…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 14, 2014

Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA law school and NORC at the University…

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Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 7, 2014

Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 31, 2014

Russian Politician Wants to Ban Apple CEO Who Says Being Gay is God’s Gift; Violence After Preachers Blame Liberian Gays for Ebola; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who heads what is certainly one of the most visible global…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD BlogOctober 24, 2014

Conservative Bishops Still Mad at Pope; Oligarch Launches Orthodox Network; Yoga Won’t Change Sexuality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Heads up: next week Mexico will host the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex…

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