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South Asian Religious Leaders Challenged to Take on Stigma and Discrimination: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…person dressed in monk’s robes has been distributing anti-gay leaflets door-to-door this year in Leicester, Cambridge, and Brighton. The flyer, titled “Homosexualism: A few points,” asserts that homosexuality is “not natural” and is a result of temptation by the Devil. “Homosexualism has become a cult, and by the indoctrination of school children and regular propaganda through the media, it seeks converts. “If the practice of homosexuality is acce…

Hagee Calls Obama “The Most Anti-Semitic President Ever”

By Sarah Posner

…. And while we and members of the Jewish community have not always seen eye-to-eye with this administration on certain issues involving the Jewish State, the fact remains that this administration has continued the strong and unwavering alliance with Israel.” I reached out to CUFI’s spokesman for comment on Foxman’s statement late yesterday and will update this post with any response. Although Hagee has long been controversial to many Jews, despite…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…d all sex outside marriage to be illegal. More from Associated Press: The 5-to-4 decision by the nine-judge panel of the Constitutional Court rejected the arguments of a conservative group, the Family Love Alliance, which believes Indonesia is being swamped by immoral behavior, fueled by the internet and social media. Members of the group wept as it became clear the court would not side with them. Rights advocates had feared judges would criminali…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…d, thrown off buildings, or otherwise tortured and publicly executed over a 14-month period in and around Mosul. Accounts of executions of LGBT people have been posted on ISIS media accounts as it captured territory in Syria and Iraq, suggesting this is just a small fraction of the victims of LGBT persecution by ISIS. … Some nations fiercely opposed language in the treaty that created the ICC in 1998, known as the Rome Statute, precisely because t…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…dedicated social conservative. Campaign Life Coalition, an aggressively pro-life and anti-gay marriage religious organization, gives Scheer top marks for his voting record. That record includes votes against bills to legalize gay marriage, enshrine human rights protections for transgender people, and to allow physician-assisted dying. Scheer has also voted in favour of legislation that would re-define when, during pregnancy, a fetus is considered…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rst constitution as a federal republic following the dissolution of the 239-year-old monarchy by a parliamentary vote in 2008. It contains several articles that enshrine protections and rights for LGBT people. The constitution includes explicit protections for “gender and sexual minorities” and replaces “male and female” and “son and daughter” with gender-neutral language. Argentina: Buenos Aires becoming mecca for gay wedding tourism At the Globa…

International Protest of Anti-Gay Persecution in Chechnya Grows; more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…” Candidate pledges and victimhood appeals are tactics promoted by the U.S.-based anti-LGBT, Catholic-minded National Organization for Marriage, which wants to play its hand in the French elections, too. Socialist President Francois Hollande signed marriage legislation on May 18, 2013 amid violent clashes and thousands of protesters decrying the scuttling of traditional family values as the fall of Western civilization. In the wings was NOM Presid…

Anti-Contraception Activists Claim Their Suits are Last Resort to Undermine Health Care

By Sarah Posner

…lding of the law as their next Roe v. Wade. They will use it to foment anti-abortion and anti-contraception activism. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents several of the plaintiffs challenging the mandate, put out a press release asserting that the Court’s ruling “means that the numerous legal challenges against the HHS mandate brought by hospitals, universities, businesses, and other organizations will move forward… These lawsu…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…emselves, who are only recently retaking responsibility for maintaining day-to-day order after years of military control. By making headlines through the arrest of alleged homosexuals — along with sex workers and atheists — police can show their bosses that they are keeping busy, while also showing the public they are standing up for Egyptian values after years of being associated with quashing democracy and public protest. South Africa: ‘Open Mos…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y on the Slow but Steady March A court granted an amparo, or injunction, to 10 same-sex couples seeking to get married in the state of Baja California, another step in the steady march of marriage equality through Mexico’s complex judicial system. The first public same-sex marriage in Tabasco drew television coverage. Journalist Rex Wockner explains and tracks the shifting legal landscape. Russia: Calvin Klein Ad Investigated for Violating Law Aga…