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Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

By José Cabezón

…recent demonstrations has focused on the events that have taken place in Lhasa, the capital of the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR), but what is actually happening in Lhasa is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg. The media has been less successful at covering the protests in the Tibetan ethnic areas of Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu provinces on Tibet’s eastern frontier. Protests have even occured in Beijing. Taken together, these demonstrations—mo…

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It

By Annika Brockschmidt

…al sovereign citizens’ websites in their report: “Since 2012 the website staatenlos.info mentions ‘Nuremberg 2.0’ as a necessary step ‘in freeing Germany and Europe from fascism and Nazism via the establishment of the SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) and SMAD (Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland) courts of law with international law enforcement for all Nazi- and war criminals by the Allied High Commission.’ By f…

A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…are willing to accept Messianic Jews as their brothers and sisters,” says Yaakov Ariel, a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an expert on relationships between Messianic Jews and more conventional Semites. “This is a sign of growing inclusivity and a growing acceptance, in some Jewish quarters, of Messianic Jews.” Could that growing inclusivity be the end of American Jewry? Last time I checked, J…

A Comedy Writer Confronts ‘Mind-Shredding Evil’ in Uganda

By Frederick Clarkson

…ound Joseph Kony, head of the Uganda-based Lord’s Resistance Army. “In a dramatic change of direction,” according to the jacket of the resulting book: [S]he set out for Africa to interview a respected (very attractive) peacemaker. However things did not go according to plan. Six weeks later, alone in a war-torn country, she found herself investigating one of the worst crimes in African history. Until one day, she was standing over a corpse in an o…

Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…edom in Iraq to petition the International Criminal Court to bring charges against the Islamic State for gender-based persecution, reports BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder: The ICC is not obligated to take up these charges, but if Bensouda were to convinced to do so, they would be the first criminal cases for LGBT persecution before an international tribunal. The ICC prosecutor has been considering bringing charges against ISIS fighters for a wide range of…

New Anti-Trans Strategies Floated at Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit

By Heron Greenesmith and Asia Korkmaz

As anyone with access to the internet is likely aware, former college football star Hershel Walker is running for US Senate in Georgia as a pro-Trump Republican. Walker, who has four children—three of whom he appears to have just recently acknowledged—doesn’t believe that transgender kids will go to heaven. As he told the crowd at a September rally in Georgia: “I want the young kids to know, you go to heaven. Jesus may not recognize you. Because…

Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence

By Annika Brockschmidt & Thomas Lecaque

…hut down a second time on September 9th, the latest in a series of threats against the facility and those who work there. What the staff at Boston Children’s Hospital have had to endure simply to do their jobs isn’t an anomaly in the US; many healthcare facilities that provide best-practice medical care for trans people have seen a rise in violent threats. This hate campaign has largely been driven by the far-right “Libs of TikTok,” whose Facebook…

We May Be Sacrificing Our Children to the God of the Gun — But it’s Not That the God Requires the Deaths

By Stephanie Frank

…now-obscure non-Israelite god; perhaps it was an alternative name for the Caananite god Baal; perhaps “Moloch” is not the name of a being but rather the name of a particular sacrificial ritual. Perhaps the Hebrew root comes from the notion of offering, from the notion of ruling, from the notion of promising. And quite outside of Moloch, child sacrifice is a biblical theme: Abraham’s willingness to kill Isaac at God’s command, Jephthah’s followed-t…

Transphobic and Anti-Abortion Policies are a Direct Threat to My Religious Freedom

By Susan Frederick-Gray

…. Texas is an egregious example—Governor Greg Abbott signed a law targeted against adoptions by LGBTQIA+ parents based on religious objections and has cited similar distortions to justify other harmful legislation. In Oklahoma, it’s striking that Governor Kevin Stitt, who recently signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws in anticipation of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, has championed the cause of “religious liberty” w…

What to Make of ‘Life at Any Cost’ Trump Voters in Light of the Fact That Nobody Actually Believes That

By Michael Rea

It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s personal character and lifestyle are radically at odds with the moral values of the evangelical movement that backs him. When pressed to explain their support, evangelical leaders—most recently, folks like Wayne Grudem and James Dobson—have said, in effect, that policy trumps character. Sure, Trump isn’t all we might hope for in a leader; but, while character is important, policy matters more—especially in the s…