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Distant Churches and the Isolated Poor: Lessons from Katrina, Ten Years Later

By R. Drew Smith

…viding ministerial support to persons stranded at the Superdome and at the airport. He also draws attention to the large number of congregations from New Orleans and elsewhere that rushed in to the city after the storm (ahead of and in spite of opposition from governmental agencies) “to serve as first responders . . . as relief centers and islands of stability and reconstruction for neighborhoods in crisis.” Ten years after Katrina, the poor conti…

Why We Won’t Let Jonestown (Or 9/11 or Sandy Hook) Die

By Kelsey Osgood

…e story of a small group coming to grips with a mass cultural trauma. As a number of notable sociologists put forth in their book Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity (University of California Press, 2004), society, to put it simply, can experience trauma like an individual can. As with the individual, there are a few things that make a society more vulnerable to trauma. “A society emerging from a major war, suffering from diminished economic r…

Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e no longer approved, along with “violence, drug addition, extramarital affairs and religious cults.” Under the new guidance, which comes into immediate effect, censors should check that content adheres to proper Chinese values and strive to tell Chinese stories to help “realize the China dream of a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” Content should “sing the motherland, eulogize heroes, celebrate our times in song, and lead the people to h…

Conservative Anglican Bishops Threaten To Split Communion; Malawi Opposition Leader Says Gays Should Be Killed; Anti-Marriage Effort Makes European Union Question Initiative Process; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…not need that rubbish.” According to Radio New Zealand, Bainimarama said that if two women want to marry, “they should go and have it done in Iceland and stay and live there.” China: Court Accepts Marriage Case Reuters’ Sui-Lee Wee reports that a court “has accepted China’s first same-sex marriage case, lodged by a gay man against a civil affairs bureau for denying him the right to marry.” Notes Reuters, “While homosexualiy is not illegal in China…

More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…notion of natural law,” going on to condemn homosexuality as “unnatural.” China: Report examines gender and sexuality in China’s relationships in Global South Ford Foundation program officer Susie Jolly has published an article entitled “Why gender and sexuality are central to China’s relationships with the Global South,” an outgrowth of a May workshop sponsored by Ford and the Center for Emerging Worlds at the University of California, Santa Cru…

Authoritarian Populism Vs Human Rights, The Campaign Against ‘Gender Ideology’ and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…identification registry to register a marriage in Mexico between two men.” China: Gay-themed movie gets nod from censors China’s “first gay-themed commercial movie” has been approved by official censors for a second time and will open sometime later this year. It is not clear whether the film had to be cut in order to win approval this year; it had originally been scheduled for release last March, but as China Film Insider notes, “It was around th…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Scott Chang is has reportedly “sparked a fierce debate over gay rights in China.” The wedding took place in the garden of the official resident of Britain’s ambassador to China, which is legally British sovereign territory. Hong Kong: High Court OK’s ‘Right to Dance’ at Protests This week Hong Kong’s highest court ruled in favor of LGBTI activists who had been fighting a three-year battle with police over the right to dance at political protests….

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

By Peter Montgomery

…d not exist under international human rights law,” he said in 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 m…

Rage or Courage?: YouTube Terrorism Take Two

By Bruce B. Lawrence

…ng weekly magazines, known to all Americans and read by many—especially in airports. On my flight to Istanbul, Time was available in the first airport lounge, Newsweek in the second. Against a backdrop of shouting mobs, smoke and fire, Time’s headline reads: THE AGENTS OF OUTRAGE An embassy attacked. Diplomats murdered. The new calculus of violence against America. Published on September 13, its author is Bobby Ghosh, senior editor for Time Intern…

Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Chinese censors, including prostitution, drug addiction, extra-marital affairs and what authorities deem to be “unhealthy” views of the family, relationships and money. A ban on the portrayal of “erotic behaviour” includes kisses which last for a long time. The guidance stipulates that all online content should help “realize the China dream of a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” Indonesia: Public officials respond to outcry by moving flo…