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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.

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

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

By Peter Montgomery

Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN independent expert charged with investigating discrimination and violence on the basis…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 12, 2017

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

By Peter Montgomery

February 6 was International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. US-based anti-LGBT activist…

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Global LGBT Recap, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 5, 2017

Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Many LGBT advocates protested U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the country as…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 22, 2017

Uncertainty About US Role In LGBT Human Rights Under Trump; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

As the Donald Trump administration took power in Washington, D.C., amid some uncertainty about the…

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 16, 2017

Authoritarian Populism Vs Human Rights, The Campaign Against ‘Gender Ideology’ and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Human Rights Watch released its 2017 World Report, in which the group reviews human rights…

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Archive, Peter Montgomery, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American ChristianitiesJanuary 10, 2017

Rev. William Barber Calls Jeff Sessions Nomination A “Moral Crisis”

By Peter Montgomery

Interfaith clergy group urges Senate to reject Sessions’ attorney general nomination

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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 8, 2017

Anti-Gay, Anti Catholic Evangelical Sworn In As Mayor of Rio; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Durga Sengupta at CatchNews.com reported on progress and backlash on LGBT issues in India and…

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Archive, Peter Montgomery, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American ChristianitiesJanuary 3, 2017

Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017

By Peter Montgomery

Is the eve of Trump era the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb?

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

Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

At People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog this week, I posted highlights…

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Archive, Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderDecember 25, 2016

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

LGBT news from around the world

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