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Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

…ay, in addition to struggling with an addiction to pornography. This short promo video offers an overview of their stories. By promoting these voices as representative of the entire experience within the LGBT community, even though they do not currently identify as such, the Adventist church elevates stories that portray all LGBT people as damaged, sex addicts, drug and alcohol abusers, unfaithful in relationships, and utterly lost if they do not…

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Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

…s led prayers at the mosque, taking a role traditionally reserved for men. Colombia: Pride activists respond to religious resistance with embrace of secular state With conservative religious groups having adopted the use of “gender ideology”—a term used by social conservatives globally to signal rejection of non-traditional views of gender, sexuality, and family—the organizers of this year’s Pride celebration in Bogotá chose as its theme, “Secular…

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More Mixed Signals from Pope Francis; Church of England Wrestles with Rifts; Faith Groups Lobby Pro & Con on Irish Referendum; Global LGBT Recap

…emonstrate that gay men’s anuses conduct electricity at a different rate.” Colombia: Court says adoption by gay couples OK only in case of biological parent Colombia’s Constitutional Court this week ruled that a same-sex couple can only adopt a child I it is the biological offspring of one of the partners. Nepal: Report recommends marriage equality, gives hope to sexual minorities Reuters reported this week that “a new report recommending that the…

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

…website : ‘There’s been a disturbing video that’s been making its rounds, promoting a Christian lady who’s a lesbian and Christian at the same time. She’s promoting the virtue of being a happy homosexual Christian. I find this very disturbing and misleading.’ He slams Pastor Pauline Ong of Free Community Church, who identifies herself as a gay believer. Yang calls gay Christians an oxymoron: ‘A homosexual Christian is an oxymoron. You cannot live…

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Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

…Women & Girls reports that the government has introduced education on LGBT issues to the curriculum for middle- and high-school students, “a bold move that bucks the country’s socially conservative culture.” Colombia: Nine activists and academics reflect on Pride celebrations Sentiido published interviews with nine activists and academics reflecting on the growth of LGBT pride marches in Colombia….

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Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap

…ect “despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church,” notes Pink News. Colombia: Peace deal reportedly includes equality for women, LGBT people AFP reports that a draft peace deal between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels includes an agreement “to create conditions “for women and people in sexual minority groups, to achieve equal access to the benefits of living in a country that is not at war.” Australia: Marriage equality, plebiscite sti…

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

…ungary will host the next global World Congress of Families summit in May. Colombia: Transgender biologist who teaches at Jesuit university becomes arole model Human Rights Watch profiles Brigitte Baptists, a biologist and expert on biodiversity, who “bas become an important role model for LGBT people in education settings” in this “predominantly conservative Catholic country.” Baptiste says that when she teaches, many people want to talk with her…

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Global Religious Right Asks ‘How Far Can We Get?’; And More in the Global LGBT Recap

…an legally do now thanks to a Constitutional Court ruling in 2015. A group promoting the initiative cites a number of studies to support their argument that the initiative is needed to protect the best interest of children; among them is the widely discredited New Family Structures Study by Mark Regnerus. Their use of other studies has also been publicly challenged. From Human Rights Watch’s April 28 letter to Speaker Pinto [citations removed], wh…

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UNESCO on Religion, Culture and SOGI in Asia; Orthodox Family Sues to Stop Cremation of Israeli Trans Woman; Struggles of Iraqi Queer Activists; Global LGBT Recap

…me time. “Islam does criminalise sexuality – that is clear. But Islam also promotes love and peace and no killing and all these human values, so why not go with these instead of violence?” Israel: Orthodox family sues to halt cremation of transgender woman May Peleg, a transgender activist from Jerusalem, committed suicide this month; she expressed a desire in her will to be cremated. But, as she had feared, her ultra-Orthodox family asked a court…

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What Role Should Religion Play in the Public Square? — A Black Christian and a Black Secular Humanist Debate and Discuss

…to ground their actions. I’m opposing religion providing the language and codes that shape the public. The public, I’ll say again, should be a secular space. BRAXTON: Let me say again, I gladly embrace a secular public sphere. Yet in a secular public sphere that is democratic, no singular person or group should decide what language and codes will shape public discourse and practice. As diverse individuals and groups engage, debate, and persuade o…

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