Global LGBT Recap

Global LGBT Recap, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 12, 2015

New Mormon Anti-Gay Policy Sparks Mass Exodus From Church; Christian AID Workers in Africa Refuse to Help Gay Refugees; Ukraine Rejects, Then Accepts EU-Required Gay Rights Law; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Mormon Church: Policies Targeting Same-Sex Couples, Children Spark Mass Exodus We wrote in the last…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 7, 2015

Mormons Declare Same-Sex Marriage Apostasy, Deny Baptism to Children of Same-Sex Couples; Colombian Court OKs Adoption Over Church Objections; Franklin Graham Praises Putin’s Anti-Gay Policies; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Transgender Europe celebrated its 10th anniversary. In the U.S., the Union for Reform Judaism, the…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 1, 2015

Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Intersex Awareness Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 23, 2015

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

The World Congress of Families, which brings together American Religious Right activists with their counterparts…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/Gender, UncategorizedOctober 18, 2015

Conservative Bishops Unhappy At Synod, But Ignore Walkout Call; Australian Religious Leaders Step Up Marriage Equality Opposition; Italy Debates Civil Unions; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize….

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD BlogOctober 12, 2015

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

Sunday, October 11 was National Coming Out Day. The Canada-based Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 5, 2015

Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 27, 2015

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The United Kingdom’s Stonewall has published “Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality,” a booklet that tells…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 19, 2015

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Syria: ISIS not the only source of brutality against LGBTs Dan McDougall’s feature story in…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 11, 2015

Challenge to ‘un-Africanness’ of homosexuality; LGBT Catholics in Africa face church cooperation with persecution; lesbian cartoon project debuts in bangladesh under shadow of violence; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

In the Guardian, Bisi Alimi writes, “If you say being gay is not African, you…