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Krapp’s Last Tweet: The Rise (and Fall?) of Privilege in the Digital Economy

By Kevin Healey

…ouse may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.” Moreover, despite Facebook’s arguments to the contrary the company’s own research suggests that its News Feed tends to modestly increase political polarization. And while Twitter may serve more effectively in broadcasting breaking news, it also tends toward polarization when it comes to politically charged issues. This is especially a problem on the right: research…

Civil Unions Battle Heats Up in Italy; Church Leaders in Malawi Defend Criminalization of Homosexuality; Report on LGBT Student Group Sparks Backlash in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…an and gay people should be killed rather than jailed Malawi’s bishops are promoting misinformation when they claim first that homosexuality is “alien” to Malawians and second that foreign aid is being used to pressure donor nations to adopt LGBT rights. Misinformation is problematic, but doubly so when used to endorse, implicitly as well as explicitly, anti-LGBT prejudices that have and can lead to discrimination, imprisonment, and violence. Thou…

The Irony of the American Studies Israel Boycott

By Jon Pahl

…dvocates of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement often point to South Africa as a case to support their claims for similar action in Israel. But the kind of “solidarity” the ASA has encouraged here smacks of moral self-serving and grandiosity (American exceptionalism in a new guise), and lacks the clarity, realism, and pragmatism that, for instance, the Kairos theologians and the recently sainted Nelson Mandela practiced on the ground t…

No Schism Here: Hillary v. Sanders and Party Unity

By Daniel Schultz

…polity binds the American United Methodist Church includes conferences in Africa, Europe and the Philippines. “Schism” is about the dirtiest word in Methodism, behind only “apportionments.” The desire to stay together has caused the UMC no end of headaches, since it locks together liberals and conservatives in an uneasy marriage. But they figure it’s more productive than becoming a bunch of wild-eyed separatists (like my people). I’m generally he…

The United Methodist Church to LGBTQ People: You’re ‘Sacred,’ But Not Welcome

By Pamela R. Lightsey

…ull communion relationships with major Black Methodist denominations (i.e. African Methodist Episcopal, Christian Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion). The truth of denominational relationships is that they are tenuous at best. Despite sincere efforts to show themselves to the world as “one body,” denominations can only make this claim in the spiritual sense. With the looming impasse on LGBTQ full inclusion into the life and mini…

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Orlando Massacre; Legal Gray Area in Jordan Amid Rising Fundamentalism; Push and Pull on LGBT Human Rights at UN; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…laying. “It’s one of the only countries in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region that does not criminalise being LGBT+,” said Khalid in an interview. He is the founder of My Kali magazine, the first LGBT+ friendly webzine in Jordan, and one of the first in the MENA region. He identifies as gay. “Most of the countries in the MENA region want to reach that level. And it’s already given to us,” he added. Yet, half-a-century since legalisatio…

Of Birds and Buddhists: Wildlife Rehab, NYC Style

By Jay Wexler

…seyite with a dry sense of humor who spent nearly thirty years in Asia and Africa working with HIV patients before returning to New York to take up residence as a monk at the Grace Gratitude Buddhist Temple in Chinatown. The Fund’s door was open to allow easy milling in and out. “Should we close the door?” Benkong wondered aloud. “I’m afraid the pheasant is going to leave.” Before long, Rita McMahon, a former market research consultant who co-foun…

5 Reasons We Shouldn’t Be Surprised that Catholics Support LGBT Rights

By Paul Gorrell

…f liberal perspectives when it comes to social order, caring for the poor, promoting social justice, and living Gospel values. The teaching challenged many capitalistic hegemonies and called people to pay attention to those who suffer most. Against this backdrop, Catholics get the fact that LGBT folks face social injustice in a society based on hetero-normative structures, so it should come as no shock that they’d respond with compassion and a str…

Pope Denounces Gender Colonization; Indonesian Court Considers Islamist Request To Criminalize Homosexuality; Egypt’s Grand Mufti Says No One Has Right to Harm Homosexuals; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…e behind all this there are ideologies. In Europe, America, Latin America, Africa, and in some countries of Asia, there are genuine forms of ideological colonization taking place. And one of these – I will call it clearly by its name – is [the ideology of] “gender”. Today children – children! – are taught in school that everyone can choose his or her sex. Why are they teaching this? Because the books are provided by the persons and institutions th…

Religion and Resistance at the New National Museum of African American History and Culture

By Anita Little

…nity of enslaved people who could have never imagined in their lifetime an African American president or an African American museum in our nation’s capital. It’s no small thing, we are at the evening of President Obama’s presidency. A lot of the people coming on opening day are coming partially to say goodbye to President Obama in what will be one of his last public acts as president. For me personally, it makes me think of the spirits of the ance…