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Founder of Liberal Mosque in Germany Under Guard After Death Threats; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…marriage equality legislation that they will send to parliament in August. Japan: TV commercials let LGBT people tell their stories Tokai Television Broadcasting released a series of ads with people talking about their experiences of being LGBT in Japan. Ukraine: Lesbian couple profiled on challenges of family and child-raising without legal recognition The Kyiv Post profiled a lesbian couple who are raising two children; while they are open about…

Swiss Priest Sacked for Blessing Lesbian Couple; Mormon Equality Advocate Excommunicated; Pope-Backed Anti-Gay Referendum Fails; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n a statement. China: Alibaba marketing campaign promotes same-sex couples China’s social media behemoth Alibaba launched a marketing campaign that will send ten same-sex couples to the US and other countries where same-sex couples can be legally married. Japan: Tokyo district will recognize same-sex partnerships In Japan, where the constitution defines marriage as “a union based on the mutual consent of parties from both sexes,” the Shibuya distr…

Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…vador about LGBT migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Central America. Japan: Report on scope of school bullying According to a survey by a nursing school professor in Osaka. “More than half of LGBT people in Japan were bullied in school and nearly 70 percent of them said their teachers did not help them at all. Canada: Government not so liberal when it comes to LGBT refugees? In the DailyXtra, Arshy Mann criticizes the Canadian government for…

The Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…f a memorandum from President Obama charging US foreign policy agencies to promote LGBT rights said that US efforts have been important to activists promoting equality and facing persecution around the world. Read the Washington Blade’s report here. On Wednesday, the Daily Beast hosted an event called Quorum: Global LGBT Voices that featured interviews with more than 25 activists from around the world to talk about “what is happening on the front…

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

…als that 21 percent of Australian voters believe homosexuality is immoral. Japan: Using comics as cultural lifeline for LGBT youth A new manga series is meant to provide LGBT youth in Japan with a cultural lifeline by portraying gay and transgender characters. Philippines: Law enforcement charged with exploitation and abuse of LGBT people Reuters covers a report by OutRight Action International that accuses Philippine law enforcement officers of s…

Religious Hostility to Gay Nigerians; The Pope’s Visit To Africa; Ireland’s Religious Schools Can’t Discriminate Against Gays; Orthodox Church in Georgia Leads Anti-Gay Forces; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rtnerships, but it now the only UK jurisdiction without marriage equality. Japan: Politician apologizes after drunk-tweeting anti-gay insult We reported last week that a poll had shown a slim majority of Japanese support marriage equality. A politician who says he was drunk and angry about the poll result tweeted that the press should ignore LGBT people, who he described as “abnormal animals.” He has since apologized but rejected calls that he res…

Can Eurovision’s Rainbow Arch Undermine Ukraine’s Orthodox Value System? This and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…s to same-sex couples even though the state legislature changed its Family Code last year to include marriage equality. Paraguay: Presidential candidate pledges support for marriage equality Finance Minister Santiago Peña, who hopes to become president, announced his support for marriage equality. A gay activist leader quoted by Hoy praised the move, saying that Paraguay is behind other Latin American countries in protecting LGBT citizens. “The ma…

Morality and Marriage Vigilantes and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…A group of lawmakers is reportedly preparing an effort to amend the civil code to make it legal for same-sex couples to get legally married. Japan: Sapporo preparing to register gay couples The city of Sapporo, capital of Hokkaido, is reportedly beginning a process that will lead to legal certification of gay couples by the end of March 2018. Taiwan: Police plan road closures for pro- and anti-marriage rallies Police announced that roads around t…

The Passion of Katniss: How the Hunger Games Confronts the Trauma of Violence

By Michael Schulson

…e of social and community values in pictures.” For the next 38 years, that code shaped Hollywood’s output. The Production Code insisted that movies were primarily “to be regarded as entertainment” that would “improve the race.” As such, movies should avoid explicit images that would be upsetting or play to “the lower and base element.” Those images included graphic violence, “excessive passion,” “white-slavery,” “scenes of actual child birth,” and…

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…