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Mexico’s Religious Conservatives Seek Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists Defend Secular Government; Cash From Qatar Funds ‘Traditional’ Family Activism Worldwide; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…to some extremely unpleasant anti-gay rhetoric in parliament. Aruba: Civil partnership vote faces opposition from religious leaders A scheduled vote on civil partnership legislation was postponed to September 8. Journalist Yörük Bahçeli reports: Legalizing civil partnerships will grant registered same-sex couples equal rights as married couples. Although the Netherlands led the way in legalizing same-sex marriage in 2001, LGBT citizens living in i…

For Some of Us, the Biggest Religious Event of 2016 Was the Gilmore Girls Revival

By Isabel Fattal

…. I enjoy books and shows and albums alone, behind closed doors and on headphones and small screens. Sharing my passions with others feels like a painful chipping away at that first magical moment of discovery. How could I possibly explain it without tampering with it? How could someone else possibly respond without misunderstanding or belittling my experience? If culture is my internal ritual, religion has always been my external one. It’s not th…

CPAC 2017: Hypocrites on Parade

By Sunnivie Brydum

…nty courthouse, after a judge granted her a protective order against an ex-partner who was allegedly abusing her. Because El Paso is a sanctuary city, local officials believe that ICE agents were tipped off by the woman’s alleged abuser—the only other person who would have the specific information about her court date and a potential motive to report her to immigration officials. Acting on information from an alleged abuser—in this case, a person…

From “Jane Roe” to “Roe No More”: Norma McCorvey’s Long Strange Trip Through the Politics of Abortion

By Patricia Miller

…appeared to be a way for McCorvey to siphon funds to herself, to what her partner later said were falsified statements that their house had been shot at. By the 1990s, the anti-choice movement was again in the vanguard, propelled by the Webster decision that allowed states to put new limits on access to abortion. The Clinton administration had created a fierce blowback among social conservatives and Newt Gingrich and a newly empowered GOP had tak…

Uncertainty About US Role In LGBT Human Rights Under Trump; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Ministry’s TV show that features a soldier broken up with by his same-sex partner.” The official online version of the video was removed by YouTube after users flagged it on grounds that it violated community guidelines. Cached backups of the episode remain online. The Alliance of Crying for Hope (搶救台灣希望聯盟) blasted the “Rainbow” segment — calling the government “shameful” and “needing medical attention.” “Imagine what kind of island Taiwan would…

After Embracing Female Bishop, Pope Spins Again on Women’s Ordination

By Kaya Oakes

…the first openly lesbian bishop in a mainstream Christian church, and her partner Gunilla Landen is also ordained. Jackelen, who became the first female archbishop in Sweden in 2013, told Radio Sweden that she wanted to downplay her gender. “I have been a woman all my life,” she said, “so I carry that with me in everything I do.” But, she added, when she spoke to other clergy in international contexts, “many are curious about female church leader…

Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…“a fundamental right” and recognize a husband regardless of the sex of his partner. Opposition to same-sex relationships is often fierce in Romania, where homosexuality was only decriminalized in 2002. Religious groups want the constitution amended to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Nearly 3 million people have signed a petition demanding a referendum to change the constitution, which currently states that marriage is a consensu…

Hungarian Mayor Wants to Import White Christians, Ban Muslims & LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…rview with Sun Wenlin, whose effort to get a marriage license to marry his partner Hu Minglian was denied by a court. Japan: Will recognition of same-sex parternships go national? At East Asia Forum, Curtin University’s Yasuo Takao examines the propsects for recognition of same-sex partnerships to expand from the local level to nationally. Scotland: Footballer joins anti-bullying campaign Retired soccer player – or footballer in local parlance – D…

The Surprising Origins of (and Problem with) the Vatican’s View of Sex and Gender

By Ivan Strenski

…ological gatekeepers, openly celebrated his homosexuality and love for his partner as the “will of God” on the eve of the Synod on the Family, he both got himself fired and stirred a chorus of controversy—perhaps beyond his reckoning. Might it rile an intransigent “hell-no” chorus or empower liberals to face the Church with its own “We’re here, we’re queer. So, deal with it” chorus? Will it expose the brittle historicity (and thus fallibility) of…

The World’s Most Influential Yoga Teacher is a Homophobic Right-Wing Activist

By Andrea Jain and Michael Schulson

…make alma, or gooseberry juice. Business boomed, and before long he and a partner, the ayurvedic guru Acharya Balkrishna, started a company, Patanjali Ayurved, and began selling other goods. Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna in a Patanjali ad (credit: Yog Amrit) It’s difficult to confirm this story (and after an initial reply from a spokesperson, Patanjali Ayurved did not respond to multiple interview requests), but the results are apparent all over…