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“Tell Me What You Believe About Ferguson, and I’ll Tell You What You Believe About God”: A Missouri Pilgrimage

By Anita Little

…ng black St. Louis community were razed to make room for a monument to the United States’ western expansion. To add insult to injury, discriminatory hiring policies made many of the promised construction jobs unavailable to non-white residents. Upon its completion in 1965, it would be dedicated “to the American people.” More than five decades after its erection, the city the 630-foot arch overlooks hasn’t seen much change in how it treats its resi…

The War On Terror Is Over

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…istration can take to end the War on Terror is to elevate the discourse of international politics. This means in large part restoring America’s image as a protector of human rights and international law. Both have been tarnished in the zealous antiterrorism tactics of the neo-con years of Bush foreign policy, and this has deeply damaged America’s image throughout the world. Soon after the revelations of prisoner abuse in Abu Ghraib, a well-educate…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…have called the office an attempt to “entrench the LGBTI agenda” into the United States government, and accuse it of browbeating countries opposed to gay-friendly school textbooks and same-sex marriage. While the Trump administration’s relationships with Russian officials continued to make news, the Russian Orthodox Church praised Trump’s anti-abortion moves. The church statement cited its agreement with US-based Brian Brown, head of the World Co…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…in Indonesia. … Maria Sjödin, deputy executive director of OutRight Action International, said that the backlash largely resulted from the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. She claimed that the “social media attention . . . is part of what got people riled up.” But another factor is the growing influence of hard-line groups like the Islamic Defenders Front (IDF) and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the latter of which claims over 40 mil…

Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds ‘Traditional’ Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e Western support does add “complications,” he says, for example, when the international community appears to express more outrage about anti-gay violence than about political violence or election rigging. Reid says “it can sometimes be the case that international voices speak out more vocally around LGBT issues than around other human rights abuses and that does create a very skewed perception … that [Western] countries are only outraged about vi…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ne of the participants, Cameroonian human rights attorney Alice N’kom. The International Olympic Committee unanimously voted to add language opposing discrimination on sexual orientation to the Olympic Charter. Vatican: Pope says Church should help parents ‘stand by’ their gay children Pope Francis gave an interview with the Argentine daily La Nación in which he reflected on the recent synod of bishops. From the International Business Times: “We c…

Constitutional Attorney Changes into Drag During Talk on Cancelation of West Texas A&M Drag Show

By Chrissy Stroop

…k the federal courts with Christian nationalist ideologues, is pushing the United States backwards on civil rights. Seidel also addressed the history and significance of drag as an art form, noting that Shakespeare can’t be performed without crossdressing as it’s central to the plots of many of his comedies. As he made these points, Seidel changed into drag himself, concluding his talk in a long black skirt, pantyhose, robin egg blue heels, and a…

Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Spit on Inhuman Gay Scum: This Week’s LGBT Global Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Rights. Earlier this year, the Supreme court of Russia established that no international treaty held precedence over national sovereignty and any international decision meted out would only be upheld if it didn’t contradict basic Russian law. Speaking at the Russian constitutional court, Judge Sergey Mavrin said “All decisions of the ECHR must be executed only with consideration to the Russian Constitution’s supremacy”. …The country – no stranger…

New Report on (White) Christian Nationalism and the J6 Insurrection Shows Just ‘How Dire the Threat is’

By Chrissy Stroop

…ritical in the fight for a pluralist, multiracial democratic future in the United States—a future opposed by the conservative, mostly white Christians who seek to impose minority authoritarian rule. The webinar featured presentations by most of the report’s authors, who gave brief overviews of their contributions. Sociologists Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry stressed that, while Christian nationalism can and often does align with traditional mea…

Ahmadinejad Aside, Anti-Racism Conference Was Deeply Flawed

By Austin Dacey

…to the extent that they are protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Political Cudgels with which to Pummel the West The United States chose to boycott Durban II not just due to the replay of anti-Western rhetoric, but because the new declaration reaffirms in toto the 2001 text, which urged states to abide by ICERD. What’s more, the text calls for an elaboration of existing international standards in order to keep pace with ne…