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International Protest of Anti-Gay Persecution in Chechnya Grows; more in Global LGBT Recap

…the legislative elections in June, arguing for traditional family values. South Korea: Army reportedly targeting gay soldiers Army investigators, reportedly under orders from the Army chief of staff who also heads a Christian military organization, have been using gay dating apps to identify gay soldiers, according to a story in Quartz by Jeyup S. Kwaak and Isabella Steger: Army investigators have been trying to dox suspected homosexual soldiers…

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The Dark Side of BYU’s Honor Code

…reating serious backlash among BYU students and faculty. Since then, Honor Code enforcement has been conducted through referrals—even third party referrals—of suspect students to a campus Honor Code office, a system of enforcement that has created significant opportunities for abuse. (When I was a BYU student, it was possible to make an anonymous third-party referral.) Honor Code enforcement on campus has been used to bait and target gays and libe…

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Is LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?

…says that gays in Europe are “alarmed by Islam” and “moving to the Right.” South Korea: Religious opponents of marriage equality campaign against high court nominee The opposition Liberty Korea Party has been waging a campaign of opposition to the confirmation of Kim Meong-su to the constitutional Court, in part over his support for LGBT rights. From the Korea Herald: Rep. Chung Woo-taik, the party‘s floor leader, highlighted Kim’s alleged advocac…

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Brazilian Evangelicals Launch ‘Sin-Free’ (Read: Gay-Free) Version of Facebook

…aceGloria reportedly attracted more than 100,000 users in its first month. South Korea: Gay couple sues government for marriage recognition In South Korea, where we reported last week that anti-gay Christians had failed to block Seoul’s Pride parade, movie director Kim Jho Gwang-Soo went to court to force the government to recognize a wedding ceremony he and his partner held in 2013. European Parliament: LGBT issues made focus of ‘European Neighbo…

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

…May that the alliance with the DUP would not weaken LGBT rights in the UK. South Korea: Polling shows massive generation gap on marriage equality The Hand in Hand festival in Seoul brought together more than 150 singers in eight LGBT choruses from Asia. A survey by Gallup Korea showed 58 percent of South Koreans opposed to legalization of marriage by same-sex couples, with 34 percent supporting marriage equality. The results show a huge generation…

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A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet

…story. It must learn the lessons of our history and tap the wisdom of the Southern freedom struggle. And this knowledge will impact the entire nation. The South matters because it is the native home of America’s original sin. The sin of white supremacy, slavery and intentional legalized racism has plagued the heart and soul of America from its beginning by creating structures of institutionalized discrimination and disenfranchisement. The plantat…

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Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap

…imposed on us we would find it unacceptable and infringing on our rights.” South Korea: Article examines religious opposition to LGBT equality In advance of Seoul’s gay pride parade this past Saturday, AFP examined the religiously based opposition movement: Thousands of people will march through Seoul to support gay rights in this Saturday’s Pride parade, and probably just as many conservative Christians urging them to “repent” their “sins”. Relig…

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LGBT Editor In Bangladesh Murdered by Islamists—and More, In this Week’s Global LGBT Recap

…d home, but that a three-day counseling session at Tergo changed her life. South Korea: Human rights activists call for government to recognize LGBT group Human Rights Watch has echoed calls from the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for the government of Korea to stop stalling the Beyond the Rainbow Foundation’s efforts to register as a nongovernmental organization. LGBT activists i…

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

…ment 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 home are all th…

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Hungarian Mayor Wants to Import White Christians, Ban Muslims & LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

…der a section of the criminal code forbidding “offences against morality.” South Korea: Activists denounce LGBT-free education guidelines LGBT equality activists called on the Education Ministry to do away with new sex education guidelines that exclude LGBT topics. According to the Korea Herald, “The government remains reluctant to bring the LGBT topics to the fore in the education field, citing anti-LGBT sentiments in the country. It said that it…

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