Religion Dispatches
…an culture, resulting in increased repression in countries like Uganda and Kenya. The consequences of these teachings and appeals to African sensitivity to colonialism are painfully clear today, just weeks after Uganda proposed legislation making homosexuality a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death. One of the report’s more surprising findings is the reciprocity of this influence. Kaoma links the growing conservatism of African evangelic…
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…ing,” he added. In Iraq and Syria, the shadow of ISIS adds to the danger. “Day after day, we read about how the Islamic State, militias and extremists handle the LGBT community in countries like Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Morocco,” said Khalid Abdel-Hadi, 27, publisher of My Kali, the only LGBT magazine in the Middle East. The article calls Lebanon the “exception that proves the rule.” Pink News covers reports that Egyptian police are using Grindr to…
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…royed!” … Bishop Kariuki said he’ll fight to keep homosexuality a crime in Kenya. “It is an abomination to God. Kenya is 82 percent Christian. So, as far as our conviction and our faith are concerned it is not a natural thing,” he said…. “I believe that with all my heart with that agenda he is ruining America because America has been known as a Christian nation,” he said. “It has been known as a nation that has sent missionaries out. Now it is a d…
Read More…discriminatory refusal to grant legal status to an organization “violates Kenya’s international obligations.” Kenyans law criminalizes “carnal knowledge against the order of nature.” France: Anti-Gay National Front Wins Seats in Senate This week the far-right Front Nationale, led by Marine Le Pen, picked up its first two seats in the French Senate. The Party has aligned itself with the aggressive anti-marriage equality movement in France. Taiwan:…
Read More…ions, according to the best interest of the child. In preparation for Saturday’s anti-marriage-equality march, Mexico City officials lit the Angel of Independence monument in rainbow colors. On the day of the March, which had the monument as its destination, pro-equality activists positioned themselves to greet the marchers as they arrived Some gay-rights activists hoped to engage marchers in conversation, holding signs seeking dialogue such as “I…
Read More…nd marginalized yan daudu subculture will simply over time become extinct. Kenya: Relatively Ripe for LGBT Advance? Jacob Kushner wrote last week for the Global Post, “Kenya may be uniquely ripe for advances in gay rights.” He says that while homosexuality is a criminal offense, there has yet been no attempt like those in Uganda and Nigeria to reduce legal protections for LGBT people. And, he says, “many Kenyans seem increasingly willing to accept…
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…a-based scholars to do the field work, most of it in Southern Africa, with Kenya and Nigeria representing the East and the West respectively. While one may squabble about some of the choices—why for instance, Ghana was not chosen to bring more representation to West Africa—no one volume can do everything. This book is a product of a collaborative effort among the authors, Anglican scholar Cyril Imo writing on Northern Nigeria, church historian Joh…
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…ported for PRI on the situation of LGBT Ugandans who have sought asylum in Kenya. Homosexuality is also illegal in Kenya, Onyulo notes, “but enforcement of the law has been more sporadic than in Uganda.” Iraq: Activist says anti-LGBT violence sparked by western intervention Amrou Al-Kadhi, an Iraqi living in the United Kingdom, wrote a column this month saying that deadly violence against LGBT people in Iraq had “escalated dramatically” since the…
Read More…e very country Ukraine is trying to separate itself from: Russia. Just two days later, on Thursday, the parliament reversed itself and passed an anti-discrimination amendment to the labour law. A response from Insight, an LGBT advocacy organization (translation courtesy of Google): After several unsuccessful attempts voting deputies took a break, and in the end it finally were able to find 234 votes to adopt the amendment, which prohibits discrimi…
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…ct calls for a “Year for Priests” to commence on July 19 of this year, the day devoted to prayer for the sanctification of priests, anything but sanctification is happening. May I suggest the hierarchy of the Catholic Church start anew by taking a page from the Episcopal diocese in Philadelphia? The diocese has deposed Bishop Bennington from office, and rejected a request for a new trial regarding his concealment of his brother John Bennington’s a…
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