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Uganda Shelves Kill the Gays Bill—For Now

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…s against LGBT people in Uganda, as the AP reminds us: Last year a tabloid newspaper in Uganda [Rolling Stone] published the names and photos of men it alleged were gay. One cover included the words “Hang Them.” Shortly afterward, a prominent gay rights activist whose picture was published was bludgeoned to death, though authorities contend David Kato’s sexual orientation had nothing to do with the killing. Life has never been easy for LGBT people…

Which is the ‘Real’ Reality?: Doctor Who Part IV

By Henry Jenkins

…This is illustrated repeatedly in the history of science as people resist new ideas which run counter to “common sense”—such as the idea that the Earth rotates, or that species change over time. In “Amy’s Choice,” the Doctor tells Amy and Rory to try to figure out which “reality” is the “real” one, to use their common sense. Both experiences feel real when they are in it, and as it turns out (SPOILER ALERT), neither is in fact real. Both are illu…

Secret Treasure, Bible’s Real Housewives, & ‘Dear Lord, please don’t let me f-up’

By Michael J. Altman

…documents to the public. The documents cover the period of Pope Pius XII’s World War II papacy and the trial of Galileo. Speaking of Pius XII, a woman has claimed he miraculously cured her lymphoma, encouraging those in favor of the controversial Pope’s sainthood. Shepard’s prayer, “Dear Lord, please don’t let me f-up,” was possibly the first to be uttered in space. Is space travel a spiritual experience, then? The Church of England has temporaril…

Don’t Call it a Turkish Spring

By Haroon Moghul

…was not enough. 1923. Year Zero, or a fresh start, depending on your take. New dress. New calendar. New mode of government. Ataturk even gave the new, secular republic a new script, ditching Arabic for utilitarian Latin, then erasing as much evidence of Persian and Arabic as he could. Going through the dictionary with a black highlighter. Even snipping out subversive letters. There is, for example, no ‘q’. But there would be, if he’d faithfully t…

Bangladesh’s Atheist Blogger Still Wants to Talk

By Austin Dacey

…to be killed. The worst crime ever Asif’s story first came to me over the BBC World Service when the attack made international news. During his subsequent persecution by the authorities, he had been in communication with some of my colleagues and friends with the Bengali freethought website Mukto-Mona and the D.C.-based Center for Inquiry, with whose help we eventually connected. Although he said that there were some things he could not discuss,…

“My Scientology Movie” Pokes the Hornet’s Nest

By Gordon Haber

…tology are like acting class techniques,” Rathbun says. “You’re learning a new role in life.” Another moving presence is Jeff Hawkins, a former marketing executive for the church. The most emotionally engaging part of the documentary is when Hawkins describes how difficult it was for him to leave Scientology. Ultimately it was the “oppression” that drove him to walk away from his wife and friends and “out into a world that is totally foreign,” whe…

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

By Peter Montgomery

…ion, photograph, and visual art meant to “shine a light on the rarely-told stories of the Nigerian LGBT community.” Peru: Report on legal case involving mistreatment by parents The Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights (PROMSEX) reports on the legal case of Antonella Rabanal Roca, who says she was abused by her mother and stepfather because of her sexual orientation. PROMSEX cites the parents’ membership in the Wor…

Ugandan Bishops Push Notorious Anti-Gay Bill

By Peter Montgomery

…he Anti-Homosexuality Bill was shelved last year, but reintroduced this February by its sponsor, Member of Parliament David Bahati (the same month the government shut down a conference of LGBT activists). Some news reports at the time said the death penalty had been removed from the bill. But Warren Throckmorton noted that the death penalty in fact remained. A BBC report quoted Bahati saying the original bill was reintroduced for procedural reason…

Should Satanic Temple Have Threatened Netflix Over Baphomet Statue in ‘Sabrina’ Series?

By Joseph Laycock

…why did Netflix do this? Surely their art department could have created a truly terrifying Baphomet without stealing the Satanic Temple’s version. New religious movement scholar David Feltmate uses the term “ignorant familiarity” to describe a pattern in which “people think the know enough about others to make decisions about how to treat them, but that familiarity is based in ignorance.” In other words, producers looking for Satanic images online…

Lou Engle Attempts To Backpedal On Uganda Anti-Gay Bill

By Sarah Posner

…pled stand to protect their people and their children from an unwelcome intrusion of homosexual ideology into an 83% Christian nation, an intrusion that is being pressed upon them by the UN, UNICEF, and other NGOs and Western colonialist powers.” As Throckmorton notes in a post-script to Sharlet’s post: I cannot know what the truth is but I would like Mr. Engle to speak clearly on this topic. Are Bahati and Oyet mistaken? Did they mislead Sharlet…