Sexuality/Gender

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Sexuality/GenderOctober 7, 2016

Pope Francis Says Teaching Gender Is Nasty; Far-Right Religious Groups Helping Mexico’s Anti-Equality Movement; Colombia’s Peace Deal Killed by Anti-LGBT Campaign?; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Catholic Church: Pope calls teaching of gender theory “nasty” Pope Francis told reporters that teaching…

Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderOctober 5, 2016

Does “Religious Freedom” Deserve Scare Quotes?

By Sunnivie Brydum

This new, mutant form of “religious liberty” does indeed deserve scare quotes.

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Religious Liberty, Sexuality/GenderOctober 3, 2016

New Poll: Americans Disagree with Hobby Lobby

By Sunnivie Brydum

A majority of Americans support employee access to contraception through workplace-provided insurance.

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Sexuality/GenderOctober 2, 2016

Two Former Nuns Get Civil Union in Italy; Kenyan Govt Partners with World Congress of Families; Mexican Activists Debate Outing of Priests; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The President of the Human Rights Council announced this week that he had chosen Vitit…

(A)theologies, Archive, Culture, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 30, 2016

Transparent Season 3: The Intersectional Messiah

By Jodi Eichler-Levine

Rabbi Raquel’s voice asks us: “What if you had to be your own messiah?”

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 25, 2016

Mexican Marriage Marches Show Struggle Between Church and Secular State; Pro-LGBT Mormon Group Grows After ‘Apostate’ Declaration; Botswana Gives Anti-Gay US Pastor the Boot; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Mexico: Anti-marriage marches stir clash between church officials and proponents of secular state A…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 17, 2016

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

OutRight Action International’s Rashima Kwatra reviews the record of human rights work by Vitit Muntarbhorn,…

Sexuality/GenderSeptember 14, 2016

#HijabiLivesMatter: The Burkini Ban, Black Hair and the Meaning of “Natural”

By Shaina Hammerman

A woman’s bare head in France is no more “neutral” than white skin in the U.S.

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 12, 2016

LGBT Activists Challenge Church Anti-Marriage Efforts; Gov’t in Belize Creates Church-State ‘Public Morality’ Commission; Opponents Seek To Stop Finland’s Marriage Equality Law Before It Takes Effect; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

US Senator & VP candidate says Catholic Church could change on marriage US Democratic vice…

(A)theologies, Archive, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 6, 2016

Bad Scholarship A Poor Solution to Anti-Trans Politics: A Response to the New York Times’ “Is God Transgender?”

By Carolyn Klaasen and Jenna Stover-Kemp

Doing justice to religious texts and fighting for trans* inclusion aren’t mutually exclusive.