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Church=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ex relationships, despite recommendations by the United Nations to do so.” Hong Kong: Pro-Democracy Protesters Join Pride Parade Hong Kong’s gay pride parade last weekend was joined by members of the pro-democracy Occupy movement, according to the South China Morning Post. Federation of Students leaders Alex Chow Yong-kang and Lester Shum, two key figures in the Occupy protests, took part and backed the call for equal rights for gays. “Regardless…

Conservative Bishops Headed For Synod Victory?; Indonesian Sharia Official Says Gay Caning Law Meant To ‘Safeguard Human Dignity’; Slovenian Court OK’s Referendum on Marriage Equality Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rview with Intersex Activist Activist Small Luk, an intersex activist from Hong Kong, describes the challenges facing her advocacy in Hong Kong and mainland China. Russia: Six Vigilantes Get Jail Terms for Torturing Gay Youth Public conversation around Russia’s anti-gay “propaganda” law came with a wave of vigilante violence against gays, often bragged about on social media. Now the Sinarsky Disctrict Court Kamensk-Ural has reportedly sentenced…

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ic challenges facing LGBTI people, who may be subjected to abuse even in countries which are considered safe. Also on Tuesday, International Women’s Day, Transgender Europe released a fact seeh on transgender rights and gender equality. Hong Kong: Court Rejects Spousal Visa for British Wife of Hong Kong Woman A court rejected a British lesbian’s challenge to the government’s refusal to recognize her U.K. marriage to a Hong Kong woman, leaving her…

Why the Hell Does Hell Still Matter?

By Kathryn Gin

…. The common claim that hell has been on the outs in America since at least 1800 is simply untrue. If anything, 1800 represented a turning point in the other direction. The idea of universal salvation had appealed to both elites like Chauncy and common folk in the late-1700s. The promise that all humans would eventually be saved represented an extreme backlash against the dominant Calvinist notion that God chose only some for heaven. Universal sal…

Mile-High Identity Politics: What We Can Learn From the Same-Sex Seating Controversy

By Eboo Patel

…omen have long been marginalized by men. A man asking a woman to move on a flight may reasonably be interpreted as another chapter in a seemingly never-ending story. I am sympathetic to such a view. But haven’t Orthodox Jews experienced a long history of oppression? As far as who feels marginalized in the specific context of a typical commercial flight, consider that separation of sexes is far more common in traditional religious environments. Doe…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…our flight to JFK, the first leg in a thirty-hour series of international flights, without notification. At the airport we learned that our savvier co-passengers had already filled the Delta flight that was our only alternative. I assumed that the system would somehow take care of us—we had paid good money and followed every rule—until our travel agent called with frantic instructions: “You must make this connection. Bribe two Delta passengers! P…

Scottish Episcopal Church Angers Conservative Anglicans With Embrace of Same-Sex Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…erosexual marriage system unchanged and add the same-sex marriage system.” Hong Kong: Multinational banks back lesbian couple in visa struggle Twelve multinational banks asked the Court of Appeals for permission to intervene on behalf of a lesbian couple. A woman whose partner has a job in Hong Kong has been seeking a dependent visa based on their British civil partnership. The immigration department rejected the application and a court sided with…

Rick Warren Busts a Gut Over Cultural Revolution

By Rob Shryock

…nd one in Buenos Aires), rethought his position after reading this post by Hong Kong Baptist Professor Sam Tsang: Does Warren mean that his staff is like the Red Guard woman here who persecutes him daily or does he mean that his staff is marching forward like good little Red Guard in the Cultural Revolution, killing of their kinsman in the process? Or does he mean merely “onward Christian soldier”? Or perhaps Mr. Warren just thinks that the fema…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…some after opposing groups faced off in public protest earlier this month. Hong Kong: Trans woman’s death spurs call for legislation The death of a transgender woman, who fell from a bridge after saying on Facebook that she felt unable to fit into society, has spurred a petition campaign urging the government to act on a gender recognition ordinance, according to HKFP: Ray Chan, Hong Kong’s first openly-gay lawmaker, spoke to HKFP about the govern…

More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…council member re-elected Ray Chan Chi-chuen celebrated his re-election to Hong Kong’s legislative council, saying it demonstrated that being openly gay or supporting LGBT equality is not “box office poison,” reports Fridae, even though Chan also spoke of facing some homophobic abuse while campaigning. Tunisia: Feminist and LGBT advocate says police fail to protect her Amina Sboui, a prominent campaigner for feminist and majority rights, reported…