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Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…in plain sight and suffering in silence.” Namibia: Men married in South Africa sue government for recognition Two men who were married in South Africa in 2015 sued government officials in an effort to have their marriage recognized, reports the Namibian. One of the men is a South African citizen, and the couple were seeking to prevent the government from treating him and the couple’s son (who they are in the process of adopting) as “prohibited im…

What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…A group of Latin American countries – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay — countered the African Group’s efforts to postpone the new mandate. A petition to protect the position launched by ILGA garnered the support of 850 human rights organizations from 157 countries. Last Monday the human rights committee of the General Assembly narrowly voted down the suspension attempt and then voted 94 to 3 with 80…

Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nounced that it would match donations to the Yes campaign up to AU$50,000. Costa Rica: Conservative Candidate Hopes LGBT Visibility Will Elect More Christians La Republica reports on the emergence of Vamos, a provincial political party that “responds to the unfulfilled promises of traditional parties that have not wanted to promote a change in the rights of LGBTI people.” Fabricio Alvarado, the candidate of the National Restoration party, hopes th…

LGBT Victories at Olympics, Struggles in Brazil; Catholic Bishops Organizing Anti-Marriage Equality Protests in Mexico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…, noting specifically improvements in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay. The report covers areas such as education, labor, health care, and protections against discrimination and violence. Last year the IAHCR released a major report on anti-LGBTI violence in the Americas. The anti-LGBT C-Fam complains that the Organization for American States is emerging as a “global L…

‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ly warms my huge, queer heart.” Marriage equality advocates are meeting in Costa Rica November 8-11. Tajikistan: Government compiles list of LGBT people A newspaper published by the state prosecutor reported that authorities have compiled a list of 319 gay men and 48 lesbians who will be “required to undergo testing to avoid ‘the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases,’” reports AFP: Unlike in neighbouring Uzbekistan, where “sodomy” is illegal, h…

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

By Peter Schwartz

…cultural conservatism in the United States. The foundation of this source code (the motherlode of the code, as it were) is Catholic natural law moral philosophy. Natural law is the 800-year-old Thomist tradition that absorbs (from revelation and scripture) and communicates (into public discourse and legal practice) a quite specific understanding of the human individual as the summit of God’s creation. First Things has hosted some of the most impo…

Mormon Leader Affirms Doctrine on Marriage; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d by the Constitutional Court, and will listen to opinions from all sides. Costa Rica: New Political Party Advocates for LGBT Equality A new political party, Vamos (“let’s go”), is focused on making LGBT equality an issue in coming legislative elections. The party’s leaders say that making progress on human rights and marriage equality and combating gender violence have been held up by Christian deputies. Indonesia: Anti-LGBT Campaign Expanded to…

Trump Election Could Threaten LGBT Rights Globally

By Peter Montgomery

…nti-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 influence, according to…

To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise

By Diane Winston

…y entered the Central American market, drawing together existing chains in Costa Rica and Guatemala that had employed Walton graduates.” What amazes me is that even as we dreamed of a progressive, cosmopolitan, egalitarian, and cooperative counterculture, the Waltons of the world created one that now spans the globe. Equally striking is that their world looks to them the same way we would see ours: grassroots, anti-establishment, humane, and compa…

UN Human Rights Council Creates LGBT Watchdog; Orthodox Council Affirms Traditional Teaching on Family; Pope Francis Says Church Should Apologize to Gays; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y call them gangs or hooligans. They don’t call them as organized groups.” Costa Rica: Activists celebrate progress, look for marriage equality Noting that LGBT activists have won passage of anti-discrimination policies and the extension of health-care benefits, but that a marriage equality bill has stalled in the Legislative Assembly, The Tico Times asked participants in the country’s recent price celebration, La Marcha de la Diversidad, how they…