Religion Dispatches
…justify U.S. colonization of the Philippines and Pacific territories in the 19th century, not to mention the genocide of Native Americans. U.S. covert, and not so covert, interventions in Central, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean have devastated the lives of countless indigenous peoples, and other civilians, in this region throughout the 20th century. The U.S., as well its proxy militias or client regimes, has inflicted violence on w…
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…m A, by the way, the same one that blew out in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1969). We know that oil exploration and production is more dangerous than coal mining and can be as environmentally destructive as any kind of energy development this side of nuclear power. My great-grandfather’s allotment of 80 acres in Oklahoma had nine wells drilled on it. They produced over four million barrels of oil and for that windfall he received 22,000 dollars ov…
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…w, however, is that Columbus’ royal patrons expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492 (the same year that Columbus “sailed the ocean blue” to the Caribbean). Under the imprimatur of the Roman Catholic Church and with the financial sponsorship of Spanish regents Ferdinand and Isabella, Columbus “discovered” a “New World”—bringing genocide and Western European Christian imperialism in his wake. Despite the well-documented record of his atrocities, Cathol…
Read More…m the Globe & Mail: After the Second World War, and right up until the late 1980s, federal officials sought to identify homosexuals in the public service and military who were seen as untrustworthy and at risk of blackmail by foreign powers. Those targeted were subject to interrogation, harassment and dismissal. Many quit rather than submit themselves, friends and family to such harassment. In 1989, Michelle Douglas was discharged from the militar…
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…ly stranded in Provincetown for several weeks after making landfall on Nov. 11, 1620. Covid killed those plans this year, but we still need to brace for the arrival of next year’s indecent hordes. Indecent because when they come to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the First Thanksgiving (December 1621) they will help perpetuate a crucially important Founding Myth. According to this powerful myth, still incredibly salient in right-wing media, the…
Read More…s. These countries were selected for Envisioning’s research on two grounds: 1) a shared legacy of British colonial laws that criminalize same-sex intimacy and 2) partnerships with local grassroots LGBT organizations working for human rights…Through the voices of the 31 people in these 25 portraits we learn about discrimination and violence fueled by state, church, workplace, family and community. Most importantly, we hear stories of resistance and…
Read More…Voters in the Faroe Islands, which have been autonomous from Denmark since 1948, voted for a new parliament on Tuesday. AFP reports that the one-month campaign was “dominated by gay marriage and whether to raise taxes on fishing firms.” Former colonial master Denmark became the first country in the world to recognise same-sex unions in 1989 and legalised gay marriage in 2012, but the issue remains controversial in the deeply-religious Faroes… The…
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…allow his MPs to vote with their consciences on the issue.” Story image is of Kabaka Mwanga II, ruler of Buganda from 1884 to 1899…
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At the 1995 Source Awards, Outkast’s Andre3000, delivered his now iconic shot across the bow in which he informed the hip-hop world that “The South Got Something to Say.” Moving from the margins of the culture to its center, the Atlanta emcee was putting the hip-hop community on notice that Southern rappers had their own style. They didn’t need to imitate the content, norms, and styles of their East Coast and West Coast colleagues, because they h…
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…defined.” The attack on UN’s advocacy for LGBT Human Rights continues on a number of fronts. On November 18, an effort by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation moved an amendment that would strip language regarding sexual orientation and gender identity from a resolution regarding “extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.” More from OutRight Action International: Today [November 18], the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assem…
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