Gambian Voters Reject Anti-Gay Strongman Jammeh; Activists Ponder Trump Impact on LGBT Human Rights; Global LGBT Recap
APCOM produced an animated video about the Yogyakarta Principles, which have provided a foundation for…
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Not Ready to Forgive: Hillary Clinton & the Ugly Truth of the Reagan Years
Gay men of a certain age—those of us who survived the Plague Years when so…
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How AIDS Changed the Way American Christians Talk About Sex
A Q&A with Anthony Petro on his new book, the first history of religion and the AIDS crisis in the U.S.
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“This is a Homosexual Bar, Jesus”: Malcolm Boyd, 1924-2015
Remembering a church leader who had the courage to out himself just in time for the rise of the Moral Majority
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Top Five Toxic Religion Stories of 2014
From religious violence to fear of contagion to economic and racial injustice: taking full measure of what we are up against.
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A Truly Fearless Human Being: Rev. Howard Moody, 1921-2012
On September 13, when word came that my friend, the Rev. Howard Moody, had died…
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The Truth about Catholics and Condoms
The Pope took a big first step that the rest of the leadership must follow.
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Heterosexual Martyrs and Gay Saints: Did AIDS Coverage Clear the Way for LGBT Equality?
As the AIDS crisis progressed and believers interrogated their faith, journalists reported their questions: Was God a God of love or judgment? Were biblical injunctions against homosexuality cultural artifacts or eternal truths?
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Wojnarowicz’s Ant-Covered Jesus: Blasphemy or Religious Art?
It doesn’t take much to realize the main theme of A Fire in my Belly is death. More specifically, it is the vulnerability, penetrability, and perpetually possible disintegration of the human body. This fleshly mortality became especially real to Wojnarowicz in the still emerging AIDS crisis of the time. Thus, by necessity it is a deeply human and deeply religious artwork. Which does not mean these images are pleasant and easy to look at. No warm and fuzzy pop spirituality this.
Read MoreThe Pope’s “Condom Sense”
Benedict’s remarks, clarified today, represent a “big shift.”
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