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

By Peter Montgomery

…that a “chain of Russian food stores fun by a devoutly religious national businessman has placed signs in its windows saying “No entry for faggots.” Store owner German Sterligov told Reuters, “Our planet is full of filth and sick humans.” Ukraine: Russian anti-gay vigilantes find a new home Hromadske International reported that Russian anti-gay vigilantes have found a new home in Ukraine. It reports that police arrested some members of a group ca…

The Silly Calls for Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…nking about it” camp), how would you react to the claims made in Americans United For Life’s Planned Parenthood report? I mean, that’s one of the few undecideds, isn’t it? We know how the people with strong positions will react. The report will galvanize AUL’s constituency, while meanwhile Planned Parenthood supporters will respond with corrections and rebuttals. Some elected officials are counted in one of those groups, while others will watch to…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…that his department could shoot the law down if it violated human rights. United Kingdom: South Asian Gays Wed to Avoid Violence from Families The Independent’s Pavan Amara reports this week on gay South Asian immigrants in the United Kingdom who are in heterosexual marriages of convenience in order to protect themselves from pressure and violence from relatives. Tariq lives alone, but you’d never know that if you visited his flat. All around his…

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

…am charged that it promoted queer theory, sexual liberation and Marxism in classrooms. Simon Birmingham, the education minister, said the changes “left intact the program’s core aims – to give support and guidance to students grappling with questions of sexual identity and to allow them to feel safe at school.” But the program’s supporters disagreed: Labor’s education spokeswoman, Kate Ellis, accused the Coalition government of giving in to the “c…

Columnist Applauds Russia’s Homophobic Law

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…arts to continue their heartless agenda. Even some anti-gay leaders in the United Methodist Church are looking toward these backward-leaning countries and their draconian laws and beliefs about homosexuality to keep that denomination from becoming welcoming to LGBT people. Recently, several regional UMC conferences have adopted resolutions saying that “the church is in error on the subject of homosexuality’s incompatibility with Christian teaching…

The Unbearable Lack of Self-Awareness of the Anti-Muslim Sally Kern

By Sarah Posner

…d that God called her to run for office to be a culture warrior. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State had the rundown: “I started praying about whether or not the Lord wanted me to run,” Kern said, according to a report in the Norman Transcript. “And the more I prayed, the more I felt He did…And so here I am, and I’m not the typical legislator. The Lord showed me right off the bat that I’m not supposed to be. As a matter of fact…