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Russian Politician Wants to Ban Apple CEO Who Says Being Gay is God’s Gift; Violence After Preachers Blame Liberian Gays for Ebola; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…n Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) World Conference. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reminds us, “Same-sex couples have been able to legally marry and adopt children in Mexico City since 2010. The Mexican capital’s comprehensive anti-discrimination law includes both sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.” An activist from Belize told the Blade that he hoped to shine a light on American religious conservative…

Catholic News We Missed Last Week While Stalking the Pope

By Mary E. Hunt

…, 2015, at the age of ninety, during the visit of the first Jesuit pope to Washington, D.C. In a perfect (ok, even a decent) world, Pope Francis would have announced John’s death the next morning. He would have hailed his brother Jesuit as the pioneer honest gay man that he was, lauded his massive pastoral contribution, and recommended his marvelous books for widespread study. He would have lifted John’s name in praise, paid his condolences to Joh…

Catholic Bishops Meeting For Family Synod; South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church OKs Gay Weddings, Ordination; Court in Malaysia Deals Setback To Transgender Advocates; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…si was a high school student. Grassi, an Argentine native who now lives in DC, and his boyfriend were “the only real audience granted by the Pope” at the Vatican embassy during his D.C. visit. In fact, Francis personally called Grassi to tell him he’d like to give him a huge when we was in D.C. Grassi spoke with the Washington Blade’s Lou Chibbaro: Concerning reports that the Pope has been a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage and opposed a sam…

Does Traditional Christian Marriage Just Mean “Not Gay”?

By Daniel Silliman

…y law speaks of places, not people. In other jurisdictions (such as nearby Washington State) where the question of who is required to preform same-sex marriages has come up, laws have specified that clergy don’t have to preside over any wedding they object to. The Idaho city’s ordinance was written in a different context, though; it didn’t originally apply to weddings since same-sex weddings weren’t yet legal in the state. That context changed wit…

Egypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…Center for Justice and Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy spoke with the Washington Blade this week about the “global problem” of anti-LGBT legislation. “It’s really important to recognize that this is not just an Africa problem,” said Kerry Kennedy during a telephone interview from New York. “It’s a problem wherever it happens in the world.” From the story: Uganda is among the more than 70 countries in which homosexuality remains criminalized….

‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa Receives Threats; ‘Blood Test’ for ‘Degeneratism’: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ru earlier this month. The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers interviewed a number of Caribbean LGBT advocates who agreed that “the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in their region continues to lag far behind that in Latin America,” partly because there has been a longer experience of independence in Latin American countries. Erin Greene, director of advocacy for SASH Bahamas, told the Blade that conservative religious bel…

Morality Police, Jihadists, Religious Competition, Grindr, & Americans Abroad: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ctor of communications at BBC Worldwide Asia, said as an international broadcaster the BBC had to comply with the broadcast regulations of the countries in which its channels were aired. As there was only one edit for the whole of the region, the broadcast had to comply with the regulations of the strictest country, the official pointed out. Kazakhstan: Ad for Gay Club Provokes Outrage A gay club in Kazakhstan’s largest city is located at the corn…

Conservative Bishops Headed For Synod Victory?; Indonesian Sharia Official Says Gay Caning Law Meant To ‘Safeguard Human Dignity’; Slovenian Court OK’s Referendum on Marriage Equality Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…gnoring his vow of celibacy despite a previous warning.” Charamsa told the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers that coming out was “liberation.” “I suffered for what the church taught about persons like me,” Charamsa told the Blade. “It offended my dignity and kept no fundamentals in the reality, which I can know from my experiences, from my sentiments, my desire to love, my capacity for relationships with others.” Charamsa told the Blade he took pa…

American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace

By Joshua Eaton

…means to you? Interestingly, back in March or April 2010 a group based in Washington D.C. announced plans to launch a major movement modeled after Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising. The movement was scheduled to begin in October with an occupation of Freedom Plaza in central Washington. The organizers included Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician who has led the campaign for single-payer health care, and Kevin Zeese, a social activist. I had signed on t…

Rev. Barber: A “Moral Center,” Not a “Religious Left,” Will Save Us in 2017

By Peter Montgomery

…round at the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, hundreds gathered in Washington, D.C.’s historic Metropolitan AME Church for a Watch Night service led by the Rev. William Barber, other clergy, and activists. He and his colleagues are calling for a new Poor People’s Campaign, 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King announced plans for the original. Barber, head of the North Carolina NAACP and its Moral Mondays movement, has become a focal point…