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Broken Courts, Big Lies and Genocide Rehearsal: A Review of 2022—And What We Can Expect From 2023

By Annika Brockschmidt

…servative-leaning newspapers. Yes, Javier Bolsonaro lost his reelection in Brazil—but some of his supporters aren’t ready to accept his defeat, violently clashing with the police and calling for the military to overthrow the government. Democracy can never be taken for granted—especially not during a period of economic hardship, looming climate change, and a lingering pandemic. Remember: Fascism offers a seemingly easy solution for crises both rea…

London’s ‘Big Gay Iftar’ And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nations with large Evangelical populations, such as the United States and Brazil, than Catholic ones, such as Argentina, Ireland, and Spain. Decidedly less noted, and therefore less understood, are the political roots of the gay backlash. By openly embracing anti-gay violence and extremely homophobic legislation, many autocratic regimes across the world are doing what such regimes have done for centuries to groups as varied as Jews, heretics, and…

No Shocker for This Gay Ex-Jesuit, Vatican Rejects Gay Priests (Again)

By Benjamin Brenkert

…th these men in community, and served with them in countries like Bolivia, Brazil and the United States of America. Some of these men were afraid of their own shadows, others were hurt by the Church’s millennia of anti-gay theology, but longed for a time when the Church would not contribute to the homeless rate for LGBTQ teens (some 400,000 in America alone). Others sought to work in countries like Russia or Uganda that criminalize same-sex desire…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…remove the resolution’s anti-LGBT language has been proposed by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. Action on the amendment has also been delayed. The International Service for Human Rights is among the groups urging countries to reject the African Group effort. Romania: Orthodox Church helps spearhead push for anti-marriage-equality amendment The Romanian Orthodox Church “dramatically” demonstrated its…

Malawi Catholic Bishops Call For Enforcement of Sodomy Law; Ukrainian Thugs Disrupt Equality Festival Opposed by Orthodox Church; Indonesian Islamists Continue Rhetorical War on LGBTs; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…right to compromise with sin.” “We cannot and will not remain silent when promoted sin is corrupting the human soul and body,” the bishop wrote, saying it was especially inappropriate for the event to take place during Lent. The bishop also emphasized “that we do not bless our faithful to take part in any protests” and urged against temptation “to aggression or condemnation of others.” (English via Google translate) Event organizers released a st…

American Sin: Why Pope Francis’ Mercy is Not Our Mercy

By Kaya Oakes

…amous quote about gay priests—“Who am I to judge?”—occurred on a trip from Brazil to Italy, and footage from Vatican press events often shows him joking around with journalists. Francis may be the first modern pope who actually likes talking to the press. Considering the image overhaul he’s trying to bring about for the church he leads, a cynic might be tempted to say this kind of relationship is strategic. In The Name of God Is Mercy, Francis com…

Useless and Useful: A True Sage Reviews The Tao of Happiness

By Alan Levinovitz

…cademic analysis ever since the scholar Guo Xiang gave it the form we have today, sometime around 300 CE. In addition to cutting 52 chapters down to 33, Guo wrote extensive explanatory comments, because the Chuang Tzu is a crazy, complicated book. It’s a patchwork of mysterious parables, abstruse philosophy, and satirical dialogues that feature animals, madmen, and talking skulls, alongside historical figures such as Confucius. All of this is sewn…

Teaching Plato in Palestine: Can Philosophy Save Us From Our Differences?

By Jerome E. Copulsky

…Ho neighborhood; conversed with high school students in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; and convened a series of workshops with the Mohawk Council of Akwesanse on the US/Canadian border. These journeys were originally inspired by a series of conversations he had in a language exchange group while he was working on his Arabic skills in Cairo. Over time, Fraenkel’s devout Muslim interlocutors became concerned about the state of his soul; fearing its eter…

“Those Federer Moments”: Sports, Sex, and the Gender of Grace

By Franklin Strong

…women’s soccer at the 1996 Olympics. The most obvious was the goal against Brazil that staved off elimination in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup: in the final minute of extra time, Megan Rapinoe perfectly placed a long cross onto the forehead of a perfectly-positioned Abby Wambach, who powered the ball into the near corner of the net. Given the timing, the stakes, and the absolute perfection of both the pass and the finish, it is—by far—th…

Mormonism in 92 languages

By Joanna Brooks

…, Japanese, Kekchi, Korean, Kuna, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Quechua (Peru), Quiche, Quichua (Ecuador), Russian, Samoan, Swedish, Tagalog, Tongan, and Ukrainian. Translators will also do their work in real time for local congregations in Albanian, Bislama, Cakchiquel, Estonian, Icelandic, Kiribati, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mam, Nivacle (Chulupi), and Tzutujil. And translators working in Amharic, Efik, Fante, Igbo, Lingala, Twi,…