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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/GenderOctober 8, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

Global Religious Right: ADF Expands Again Alliance Defending Freedom, the US-based religious right legal group,…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 25, 2017

Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

By Peter Montgomery

OutRight Action International has published quotes from speakers at the meeting of the LGBTI Core…

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

Australian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 11, 2017

Religious Conservatives Mobilize Internationally Against Spanish Nondiscrimination Bill; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

“Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe: Mobilizing Against Equality,” edited by Roman Kuhar, associate professor at the…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 5, 2017

Catholic Cardinal Slams Jesuit’s Bridge-Building Book; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Reports from several international LGBT gatherings: The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), founded…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderAugust 21, 2017

Some Christian and Muslim Leaders Urging ‘No’ Vote in Australian Mail Ballot on Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Author Michael Muhammad Knight writes at Vice on “Editing Homophobia Out of the ‘Islamic Tradition.’”…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderAugust 14, 2017

Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderAugust 8, 2017

Kuwait “Morals Committee” Announced Deportation of 76 Gay Men; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Brian Brown, president of the International Organization for the Family, the parent organization to the…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderAugust 1, 2017

Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup

By Peter Montgomery

The Washington Blade spoke to bisexual activists in a dozen countries and reported on the…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJuly 24, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

Earlier this month, the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica published an article on the political…

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