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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

…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 liberals and (as Sanders remembered from her own experience) to shut down student anti-war protests. Clerical leaders serving BYU student congregations have been expected to report content from private confession and counseling interactions to University authorities, impacting the ability for young people…

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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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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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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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A Third Reconstruction? Rev. William Barber Lifts the Trumpet

…the late ’60s, it’s still significant that the struggle was rooted in the South. The Southern Strategy, which was developed by Kevin Philips, posited that Republicans could lock up the South by appealing to old racial fears without using race-specific language. Rather than saying “segregation,” they started talking about “entitlement programs,” “busing” and “law and order.” Divide-and-conquer politics broke up the coalitions of the Second Reconst…

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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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2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

…polls are to be trusted, Trump is their guy. Not despite, but probably because of, what he says—be it promises of “retribution,” plans to use the military to quell protests on the day of his inauguration, or his dictatorial fantasies. As 2023 comes to an end, the stakes in US politics are higher than ever, with 2024 dawning as a critical juncture determining whether or not the country will slip into authoritarian rule—so it’s particularly devastat…

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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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When Religion Kills: The Narco-Traffickers of the Borderlands

…ticularly in its absolute theism, but their model is communitarian, and focused on obedience. The opening of the Code makes it clear that it is meant to be recited. In fact, according to the Mexican press, initiation is marked by an elaborate ritual involving flagellation. There the initiate is made to swear by the code, including its provision of death if the pledge is broken—a caveat that is repeated several times throughout the recitation. Amon…

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