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Religious Conservatives Mobilize Internationally Against Spanish Nondiscrimination Bill; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ico: Puebla legislators resist court ruling on marriage equality At Puebla Online, Gerardo Cruz Castañeda writes that state deputies’ anti-gay prejudice is preventing them from passing marriage equality legislation to comply with federal Supreme Court rulings. Last month Puebla Archbishop Víctor Sánchez Espinosa criticized the court, saying that decisions on family belong to the state Congress and that the court’s ruling damaged the “social fabric…

Buddhism And Politics in Myanmar: An Author Interview

By Matthew Walton

…ies, along with the work of dozens of other Burmese artists, at Thukhuma’s online gallery. Is there a book out there you wish you had written? Which one? Why? Colors of the Robe: Religion, Identity and Difference, Ananda Abeysekara’s book on Buddhism and politics in Sri Lanka. I’m continually impressed with how effectively he holds onto a framing that sees the very categories whose solidity we usually assume (religion, Buddhism, monk, etc) as only…

I Created the Hashtag #EmptythePews Because It’s Time for Evangelicals To Walk Out of Toxic Churches

By Chrissy Stroop

…—anecdotally, to be sure, and mostly in the Exvangelical support group, an online safe space for ex-Evangelicals founded by Blake Chastain—many people stating that evangelical Trump support was the final straw that led them to leave evangelicalism behind. I believe that Evangelical pastors need to hear their message, and so do those still in the pews who may be harboring doubt and discomfort but who are afraid of leaving. To that end, I created th…

Why I Give Zero F*cks What Anti-Gay Christians Think

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…lly condemn homosexuality. I cared so much that I created an Whosoever, an online magazine – back in 1996 with the mission of arguing against anti-gay Christians and equipping my fellow LGBT Christians to do the same. I even wrote a book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, to help others who deeply cared about what anti-gay Christians believed and said cope with the ongoing battle for our right as LGBT Ch…

A Pence Presidency Would Give Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Vision a Run for its Money

By Diane Winston

…Trump’s troubles grow by the hour so does the urgency of these questions. Online and off, the term Christofascism is creeping into conversations. Christofascism, a word coined by theologian Dorothee Sölle, refers to Christian authoritarianism, an outcome sought by some in the Religious Right. Theocracy is a terrifying vision for many Americans, but for those born between 1946 and 1964 Pence’s ideas are especially repugnant. That’s because for Ame…

A President “Anointed By God”: POTUS Shield and Religious Right’s Affair with Trump

By Sunnivie Brydum

…ffort to use media, like [Christian multimedia company] Charisma and these online networks, to really aggressively promote the idea that Donald Trump had been anointed by God before the beginning of time. As Lance Wallnau says, [Trump functions as] this breaker anointing: To basically come in and bust up stuff so that America can return to its Christian-nation status, and the president and his Pentecostal friends can help bring about the reign of…

Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup

By Peter Montgomery

…apan’s few openly gay politicians,” along with several colleagues, to bring change to the country. Japan, reports the paper, “is the only G7 nation that does not allow same-sex marriage or civil unions.” China: Court rules against anti-trans discrimination LMT Online reports a “small but significant” victory for LGBT people with a court in the city of Guiyang ruling in favor of a transgender man who had been fired from a job and declaring that wor…

Turkish Police Move Against Activists Who Defied Pride Ban; And More in Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…lawmaker from the ruling United Russia party, said in an article on his website. “I’m sure that we will support the institution of a traditional strong family in future and shield children from attacks by all manner of minorities.” Homosexuality in Russia, where the influence of the socially conservative Orthodox Church has grown in recent years, was a criminal offence until 1993 and classed as a mental illness until 1999. The Russian Justice Mini…

A Note to Megyn Kelly & NBC: How to Talk About Conspiracy Theories

By Julie Ingersoll

…re social networks in which his view of the world is shared. These include online groups, but I’ve also seen his website promoted at Tea Party events and other political gatherings, and even among church groups. Conspiracy theories rely on what historian Richard Hofstadter called “political paranoia.” They are intensely rationalistic and appear compelling as they operate in opposition to prevailing views. They are hostile to authority and expertis…

Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…itiatives are strongly opposed by the Catholic Church and a number of news sites drew attention to the camera’s focus on the sour face of Santiago’s Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati when Bachelet mentioned them. Russia: French president pushes Putin on abuse of Chechen gays French President Emmanuel Macron urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin to ensure the safety of LGBT people in Chechnya, where gay men have been subjected to a campaign of detention and violen…