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Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ther setback in the struggle for gay rights on the continent. Chad’s penal code is more than half a century old and does not explicitly mention homosexuality. But section 361 of a draft new code states the punishment for anyone who has sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex is 15 to 20 years in jail and a fine of 50,000-500,000 Central African francs (£60-£600), according to a document seen by Agence France-Presse. The cabinet claims that…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…ek, I found myself thinking about Zoe in relation to Lawrence Lessig’s Law/Code distinction. Lessig uses the example of speeding. You can make it against the law to speed, and we have the free choice to violate the law and face the consequences. You can program the car so that it can not exceed the speed limit and you take away that free will, except for those who have the capacity to hack the code and reprogram the car. We normally think of robot…

Egyptian Da Vinci Code Author Angers Coptic Christians

By Joseph Mayton

…’t matter what religion you are, there are fanatics on both sides,” he argues. This is the crux of the matter, he and other advocates for free speech believe. Communities cannot demand full rights and then at the same time “revert back to the same strategies they would find abhorrent because it might offend. This is literature and art, it isn’t for everyone, but we can never censor a text because the point might not be agreeable to all,” adds the…

The Biblical Money Code!

By Gordon Haber

…financial experts is to stress that Jesus talked a lot about money—not because money makes a nice metaphor for spiritual rewards, but because, according to Hyman, “the carpenter from Nazareth was a shrewd businessman.” Throughout the hour-long video I kept wondering what the angle was; it finally came, of course, towards the end of the seemingly endless 60 minutes. Hyman is selling subscriptions to his monthly “Ultimate Wealth Report”—one year, al…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ty because “There is a clear teaching of the church on homosexuality. “Because the aim of it is not to promote life but to act against it, those with that tendency are called to abstinence.” While in Uganda, Francis visited a shrine to a group of 19th-Century martyrs, Catholic and Anglican men who were brutally executed by a traditional king because, according to lore, they refused his sexual advances, though some scholars say it was because of th…

Trump v LGBT People At the UN; ‘Bible Beer’ Backlash in Australia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ey Eric Gitari The International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House this month interviewed human rights attorney and LGBT equality advocate Eric Gitari. Colombia: LGBT activists work to ease implementation of peace accord LGBT activists have opened four “Houses of Peace” to support the implementation of a peace accord between the government and FARC rebels in November (after voters rejected the first agreement in October “against the ba…

Global Religious Right Asks ‘How Far Can We Get?’; And More in the Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…crackdown on gay people, it was clear from the start that fear and honour codes prevented Chechen men, whether gay or not, from reporting abuses to the same authorities that colluded in persecuting them. … Unsurprisingly, fighting the kind of radical social conservativism that leads to the persecution of gay people and forced marriages is not exactly Putin’s top priority, given Russia’s pivot to traditional values. One could even suppose that the…

Christian Imperialism in Haiti? Missionaries, Theo-tourism, and the Invasion of the Global South

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…I see the value of these trips. Yet I am bringing a group who has studied Guatemalan culture, religion, and politics. This preparation will not control the individual reaction, yet can contextualize it. I can remind them that the iPods and brand name clothing they wear can create a sense of longing in a community that would not necessarily know such luxuries exist so readily. I can also remind them of the true impact, both negative and positive,…

Seventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s comments that children should not be brought up by a same-sex couple because they would be “far more likely to be abused or neglected.” Also this week, the Church of Scotland warned that ministers who refuse to conduct same-sex weddings could be “vulnerable to legal challenge” under the European Convention on Human Rights.” India: Transgender rights bill advances A transgender rights bill passed the upper house of Parliament, a year after India’…

Australian Church Leaders See Marriage Vote as Battle for Soul of Australia: Global LGBT Recap 10/30

By Peter Montgomery

…frica, who were among 13 human rights activists detained and charged with “promoting homosexuality,” were deported: Local police chief Lazaro Mambosasa said they had been “promoting homosexuality”. “Tanzanian law forbids this act between people of the same sex, it is a violation of our country’s laws,” said Mambosasa. Just days later an NGO, the Community Health Education Services and Advocacy (CHESA) centre, was suspended on the same charge and a…