Gambian Prez Rails Against Gay ‘Evil Empire’; Irish Priest Comes Out During Mass; Trans Talk on Tunisian TV Sparks Debate; Global LGBT Recap
This week the Human Rights Campaign released its list of countries to watch in 2015,…
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Anti-Gay Forces On Offense in Europe; ‘African Islam’ Challenged by Extremists; Irish Marriage Foes & ‘Sounds of Sodomy’; Global LGBT Recap
In our precap of global LGBT stories we expect to follow in 2015, we discussed…
Read MoreThe Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap
Human Rights Day was celebrated this week, on December 10. Michael Adee celebrated with a…
Read MoreGambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap
Gambia: President, Foreign Minister Portray Anti-Gay Persecution as Defense of Islam, Africa We have reported…
Read MoreChurch=State in Putin’s Orthodox Empire?; Evangelical-Orthodox Anti-Gay Alliance; Malaysian Court Protects Transwomen; Catholicism (Still) Declining in Latin America; Global LGBT Recap
A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA law school and NORC at the University…
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Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic…
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Vatican Considers ‘Disordered’ Language; HBO Doc on LGBT Persecution in Russia; Nigerian Bishop Shifts on Anti-Gay Law; Arson at ‘Open Mosque’ in South Africa; Global LGBT Recap
[Image above from HBO’s “Hunted,” a new documentary on LGBT persecution in Russia.] LGBT News…
Read MoreEgypt Goes After Gays to Silence Islamist Critics; South Africa’s ‘Open Mosque’ is Closed; Global LGBT Recap
In the U.S., two major religious right gatherings are taking place this weekend. The Values…
Read MoreWhy Did Egyptian Judge Call Muslim Brotherhood Followers of the Talmud?
Egyptian judge Saeed Youssef made news in May when he issued a pair of mass…
Read MoreDoes Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?
With Egypt’s presidential election a few weeks away, former Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi seems all…
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