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Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…erican religious right supporters of Putin’s anti-gay policies, led by the World Congress of Families, held a press conference to talk about their 2014 summit which will be held in Moscow in September. Speakers from the WCF, the conservative Catholic C-FAM, and Concerned Women for America praised Putin’s policies, including the prosecution of Pussy Riot, and dismissed criticism of the increasingly anti-democratic Putin regime as either liberal med…

Pope Francis Says Teaching Gender Is Nasty; Far-Right Religious Groups Helping Mexico’s Anti-Equality Movement; Colombia’s Peace Deal Killed by Anti-LGBT Campaign?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ncludes Brian Brown of the US-based National Organization for Marriage and World Congress of Families on its board; he was in Mexico City for the Sept. 24 march.) The story makes it clear that the president’s decision to push for national constitutional change to guarantee marriage equality caught supporters off-guard and energized opponents, who portrayed summer setbacks for the ruling PRI as a referendum on marriage: The Catholic Archdiocese of…

Global LGBT Recap: Catholic Polling, Religious Violence, International Advocacy

By Peter Montgomery

…Poses as Defender of Christian Civilization,” a commentary critical of the World Congress of Families for its embrace of former KGB agent Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church. His article notes that Vladmir Yakunin, a close ally of Putin’s is underwriting the World Congress of Families summit in Moscow this year, and accuses Yakunin of participating in massive Olympic-related corruption. Kincaid notes that the Russian Orthodox Church was criticiz…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…igmatized groups that are vulnerable to discrimination. In Antigua for the World Congress of Families’ recent anti-LGBT Caribbean regional conference, Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton said local activists were “deeply concerned about the push of what they call ‘ideological colonization’ from the US and Western Europe upon their communities. a tsunami upon their islands.” WCF’s Don Feder criticized politicians who promote kinds of marriage “from…

What’s Behind a Conservative Mormon’s Call For “Religious Freedom” Advocates to “Stand Down” on LGBT Rights

By Sunnivie Brydum

…aith-based anti-LGBT “pro-family” groups—which would eventually become the World Congress of Families (WCF). For the uninitiated, the WCF is, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an annual gathering that “pursues an international anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ agenda, seeking to promote conservative ideologies—and codify these in regressive laws and policies—that dictate who has rights as ‘family,’ and who doesn’t.” Mero is also an active member…

Trump Considers Pulling USA Out Of Human Rights Council; Indonesian President Blames Democracy For Rise of Militant Islamism; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…drew over 20 thousand participants. In May, Budapest will host this year’s World Congress of Families gathering, a networking and strategy-sharing event for anti-LGBT and anti-SRHR groups worldwide. Malaysia: Human Rights Watch reports on rise of anti-LGBT Sharia codes Human Rights Watch reported on the brutal murder of a transgender woman in Kuantan city, connecting it toward a shift in government policies in recent decades – including passage of…

Country of Georgia Considers Constitutional Marriage Ban; Hindu Nationalist Leader Surprises India With Call to Decriminalize Homosexuality; No End to Anti-LGBT Propaganda Campaign in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ngs and training sessions highlighting the benefits of EU association. The World Congress of Families, which brings together social conservative activists from around the globe, will hold its next summit in Georgia in May. India: Hindu Nationalist Leader Calls for Decriminalization of Gay Sex Dattatreya Hosabale, a top official with a traditionalist Hindu nationalist group, said on Thursday, “Sexual preferences are personal issues” and that homose…

LGBT in Africa: Persecution and Persistence

By Peter Montgomery

…back against “the Western world’s efforts to subvert public morality.” The World Congress of Families and its Africa representative Theresa Okafor have been active in Nigeria for years where the group has, among other things, promoted its anti-abortion and anti-gay values under the guise of “character education.” Okafor appeared at the 2013 World Congress of Families where she repeated the current conservative talking point that the push for LGBT…

Religious Conservatives Mobilize Internationally Against Spanish Nondiscrimination Bill; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…to totalitarianism.” HazteOir, a Spanish organization that is part of the World Congress of Families, has also been lobbying against the legislation, with the group’s president Ignacio Arsuaga running an aerial ad campaign with planes pulling banners utilizing similar graphics to the anti-trans bus ads promoted by religious conservatives in several countries this year. El Pais notes connections between HazteOir and its activist cousin CitizenGo a…

South Asian Religious Leaders Challenged to Take on Stigma and Discrimination: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…y Press. The Human Rights Campaign has published an in-depth report on the World Congress of Families. South Asia: International Consultation on Religion and Sexual Minorities The first-ever regional consultation under the UN’s Multi-Country South Asia Global Fund HIV Program brought faith leaders together with government and civil society representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.on August 18 and 19 in Dhaka…