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Homosexual Thoughts and Feelings Not a Sin, Says New LDS Handbook

By Joanna Brooks

…embers to practitioners of reparative therapy such as Evergreen International. Reparative therapy has been discredited by scientists and professionals and, in some instances—including the electroshock aversion therapy prescribed by BYU-affiliated practitioners in the 1970s—exposed as abusive. 4. Adds the counsel that LGBT members who remain chaste should be “supported” and “encouraged” by Church leaders and be included in every dimension of LDS li…

Why All the Silly Devil Talk Should be Taken Seriously

By Ebony Utley

…g affirmation of the lascivious black woman stereotype, the devil (in this parallel paranoid universe) most frequently possesses black divas like Beyoncé and Rihanna through sex acts. Ponce declared Lady Gaga “the queen witch of the industry right now.” He mused, “I always think to myself like I wonder what she’s done—human sacrifice, blood rituals, orgies, you know? I wonder what she’s gone through to get where she’s at?” Lady Gaga cannot be a ta…

Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…dus International may now be defunct, but organizations such as Exodus Global Alliance, the International Healing Foundation, and Desert Streams still pose serious threats to the welfare of LGBTQ persons in Africa…. The plea to “help gays escape” homosexuality is perhaps the most commonly repeated mantra across the African continent. From vicious anti-LGBTQ figures such as Martin Ssempa of Uganda, to ostensibly more respectable evangelical leaders…

Conservative Republican Muslim Condemns Fox Report on Congressional Staffers as “Anti-Muslim Bigotry”

By Sarah Posner

…and Muslim-Americans flourishing in every sector of American life.” Khan called it “silly” to go after to go after people who attend the prayers, because the meetings are open to the public. “Thousands of people over the years have attended the prayers and events.” The sermons at the prayer events, he said, are “very pro-American, and tend to be about public service, and the honor of public service.” He also said that the claim in the Fox piece t…

Why I Won’t Leave the Mormon Church Alone

By Holly Welker

…ten held at the Mormon church, and vice-versa. Most of my classmates, virtually all my friends, and much of my family were Mormon. At church I was commanded to keep a journal, examining my life for the narrative threads that guide my choices and determine my character. I will never shake this habit, no matter what. Truth be told, if the LDS church somehow lost all it leaders and members tomorrow and existed only as a historical relic, I would stil…

The World is (Always) About to End, No Zombies Required

By Kelly J. Murphy

…ng other things, and Dan continues to identify as the prophet Elijah, who will herald the Second Coming of Jesus.) The Stracks and Dan Lafferty knew each other, but apparently, according to reporters Lafferty did not talk much about the impending end of the world with the Stracks and their contact ended in 2008. Nothing in the Strack’s house (and nothing they said to their neighbors or friends or family, at least as far as has been revealed to the…

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y…. The wedding is in Vitoria, in the Basque country, between Rajoy political ally Javier Maroto and his partner Josema Rodriguez. Maroto is a senior official of the governing Popular Party, or PP, which Rajoy leads. Not only has Rajoy said he plans to attend; a PP colleague has disclosed he’s an official witness of the marriage. “Will he, won’t he go?” has taken up acres of Spanish media coverage and spawned a new hashtag on Twitter: #laBodaDeMar…

Istanbul ‘Haven of Sorts’ For LGBT Syrians and Iraqis; Cayman Islands Affirm Marriage Ban with ‘Holy Bible Evidence’; No Room for LGBTs in Malaysia’s ‘Islam-Based’ Human Rights Policy; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…available on Facebook. The graphic novel was created by Amir Soltani and Khal*]}*il Bendib. From an IGLHRC press release: “For too long, the lives of Iranian lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have been kept in the dark. Our goal is to hold up a mirror to Iranian society that shows the persecution of a homosexual couple and suggests a new response,” said Hossein Alizadeh, IGLHRC’s program coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. “By reaching I…

The Moral Bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Asceticism

By Vlad Chituc

…make do with what you already have, and maybe learning to live with less. Silicon Valley, with a futurist and libertarian-leaning ideology all its own, is no exception. This new brand of technologically-enhanced asceticism, however, is based less on minimalism than it is on outsourcing, by building a simple life on the backs of sweatshop laborers and the unregulated sharing economy. Although he lives in Los Angeles, no one exemplifies the new Sili…

American Sin: Why Pope Francis’ Mercy is Not Our Mercy

By Kaya Oakes

…s quote about gay priests—“Who am I to judge?”—occurred on a trip from Brazil to Italy, and footage from Vatican press events often shows him joking around with journalists. Francis may be the first modern pope who actually likes talking to the press. Considering the image overhaul he’s trying to bring about for the church he leads, a cynic might be tempted to say this kind of relationship is strategic. In The Name of God Is Mercy, Francis comes a…