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A Pair of Christian Colleges Quietly Cracking Down on LGBTQ Acceptance

By Chrissy Stroop

…tion, but as places where sexual abuse and assault often go unpunished. On January 18 I inadvertently set off a media firestorm when I launched the #ExposeChristianSchools hashtag on Twitter in protest against Vice President Mike Pence and professional Christian pearl-clutcher David French crying foul over the perfectly valid criticism that resulted from the announcement that Second Lady Karen Pence was taking a job teaching art at an evangelical…

Yes, Let’s Talk About Kermit Gosnell

By Sarah Posner

…ondemn Gosnell when the details of a grand jury report were made public in January 2011 and Gosnell was first charged. As Irin Carmon shows, there is no media cover-up of Gosnell. If you’ve missed the story, “It’s probably because you failed to pay attention to the copious coverage among pro-choice and feminist journalists, as well as the big news organizations, when the news first broke in 2011.” Among it: Tara Murtha’s extensive coverage in th…

Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…defined.” The attack on UN’s advocacy for LGBT Human Rights continues on a number of fronts. On November 18, an effort by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation moved an amendment that would strip language regarding sexual orientation and gender identity from a resolution regarding “extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.” More from OutRight Action International: Today [November 18], the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assem…

White Christian Complaints About Religious Persecution Are Especially Ugly on MLK Day

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ked as it has been for the past 27 years with a presidential proclamation. January 16 saw thousands take to the street in “marades” and marches intended to honor the life and legacy of one of the giants of the 20th century’s Civil Rights Movement (who would have turned 88 this month had he not been assassinated nearly 50 years ago). But while people of color and the white allies took to the street, several leaders of the anti-LGBT right wing saw a…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…-old man after the two were arrested by the group’s Islamic police. From a January 11 report by Mamba: They were executed in a public square in the town of Buale for “immoral and reprehensible” sexual acts. It is believed that this is the first time that al-Shabaab – which is allied to al-Qaeda – has claimed responsibility for executing anyone for homosexuality. The report of the cold-blooded killings follows the release on Monday of pictures of t…

With the Death of One of the Last Three Shakers, an American Religious Tradition Takes a Step Closer to Extinction

By Ed Simon

On January 2, 2017, a small, distinctive, and beautiful world in our midst moved a bit closer to its own end. The first Monday of the New Year saw the passing of Sister Frances Carr, one of the last three remaining Shakers. Sister Frances was a member of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine who spent her life teaching and writing about her experiences as a member of the ever-dwindling, idiosyncratic Protestant denomination….

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

By Peter Montgomery

…In 1970, just 5% of Brazilians considered themselves evangelical. Now that number is closer to one-fourth. Fundamentalists have grabbed power in Brazil’s Congress, forming a voting bloc that’s throttled anti-discrimination and hate-crime laws: Lower House President Eduardo Cunha, who claimes Brazil is “under attack” by gays, is trying to overturn the 2013 ruling that brought marriage equality. Jair Bolsonaro, a prominent congressman, recommended c…

God at the Gay Pride Parade

By Peter Montgomery

…urt heard oral arguments in two marriage cases; the Cathedral announced in January that it would perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples. “Religion row” at Sunday’s Capital Pride festival featured a wide range of offerings. For some LGBT people who walked or were pushed away from their faith, having members of a Baptist church waving them over to their booth might have been a little jarring. Some attendees were thrilled to find their tradi…

Time to Face Facts: White Evangelicalism Has Always Been Right Wing

By Neil J. Young

…hat 15,000 college students at an evangelical conference in St. Louis last January “enthusiastically applauded a call by an African-American speaker to work diligently against racial injustice” and support the Black Lives Matter movement, but he conveniently ignores what soon followed. As Mark Oppenheimer pointed out in a piece for the New York Times, support for Black Lives Matter quickly dissipated among these young evangelicals once they realiz…

Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New ‘Mormon and Gay’ Site; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ss rights, and extortion. Human Rights Watch research indicates that since January 2014, there have been rising incidents of mob violence, with groups of people gathering together and acting with a common intent of committing acts of violence against persons based on their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Gibraltar: Marriage equality wins approval The parliament of this British overseas territory unanimously approved legisl…