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Global LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports

By Peter Montgomery

…of Families, Fears of Loss of Olympic Spotlight We have written about the World Congress of Families and its plans for a 2014 summit in Moscow. Writing in Mother Jones, Hannah Levintova examines the WCF’s history and the role of its leaders and other American evangelicals who fostered Russia’s anti-gay movement. WCF has lent its support to anti-gay politics elsewhere in Eastern Europe—Serbia, Lithuania, Romania—but it has had its biggest and most…

Warships, Animals, Pubs Eligible For Blessings From Church of England, But Not Same-Sex Couples; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…hurch statement cited its agreement with US-based Brian Brown, head of the World Congress of Families and International Organization for the Family. Brown recently traveled through Russia and several European countries while promoting the IOF’s Declaration on the Family and Marriage. In an email to supporters, Brown gushed about his “incredible trip in eastern Europe,” including his address to “over 1,000 pro-family activists” in Serbia. Church of…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…elebrate and honor LGBT athletes and promote human rights internationally. World Congress of Families: More on summit in Republic of Georgia Eurasianet publishes a story about May’s World Congress of Families summit in Tbilisi, Georgia. The article by Nino Gogua, Nikoloz Bezhanishvil, and Giorgi Lomsadze notes that the event’s anti-LGBT messages were in sync with the anti-Western theme of the conference. The WCF, which gathers supporters from Russ…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Evangelicals Attend Anti-Gay Summit in Moscow We noted last week that the World Congress of Families’ planned summit seemed to be going ahead generally as planned, though without the official WCF imprimatur. That’s exactly what happened this week, with WCF officials Don Feder and Larry Jacobs in attendance, along with Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage. Miranda Blue reports at Right Wing Watch that the event, whose them was cel…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

World Congress of Families and the Cancellation that Wasn’t We have reported on plans by the World Congress of Families to hold one of its annual summits in Moscow this month – and the suspension of those plans in the wake of Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea. This week BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder reports that the event – or something remarkably similar – will take place in Moscow next week after all. It will still be held inside the Kremlin…

Gambian Prez Rails Against Gay ‘Evil Empire’; Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass; Trans Talk on Tunisian TV Sparks Debate; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…onservative conference held in Moscow, which was originally planned as the World Congress of Families Summit, but lost official WCF backing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea. Miranda Blue at Right Wing Watch reports that transcripts of speeches at the conference have become available. WCF managing director Lawrence Jacobs described the striking down of sodomy laws in the US as part of an international “timeline o…

Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds ‘Traditional’ Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The anti-equality World Congress of Families has regional conferences scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia on September 16-18 and Nairobi, Kenya on September 23-25 each featuring an array of speakers from the global religious right. Another regional conference is planned for Cape Town, South Africa, in December. WCF hosted a regional conference in Argentina in June. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers published a wide-ranging interview with British ac…

Marriage Equality Vote Costs Conservative MP a Trip to Australia

By Peter Montgomery

…h he was no longer welcome says the bill he supported “is at odds with the World Congress of Families’ definition of the natural family, marriage, and a child’s right to be raised by its mother and father.” The World Congress of Families is one vehicle by which American religious conservatives export their anti-abortion and anti-gay-rights ideologies (or as they would put it, their support for the natural family) abroad. Peter LaBarbera and his A…

Pope Mum on LGBTs in Uganda; Church Defends Anti-Marriage-Equality Efforts in Australia; Cyprus Passes Civil Partnerships; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…spreading their faith. Their martyrdom was cited by Theresa Okafor at the World Congress of Families as an explanation for Uganda’s harsh Anti-Homosexuality Act. Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta interviewed LGBT advocate Frank Mugisha about the Pope’s visit and the role of the Church in promoting homophobia. The pope’s visit came shortly after the parliament passed a new law that gives the government vast new powers to shut down community organization…

Russian Attack on LGBTs at UN Rejected; Gay Cake Controversy Rages in N. Ireland; Bishop Calls for Marriage Referendum in Puerto Rico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e Catholic Church’s World Meeting of Families (not to be confused with the World Congress of Families summit that will take place in Salt Lake City in October.) Kevin Riordan, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, reported on a gathering of LGBT equality advocates trying to figure out how to make the most of the Pope’s visit. This week Francis met with 10 gay, transgender, and HIV positive prisoners who were among 90 the pontiff had lunch wit…