2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People
Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called…
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‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap
International At the Washington Post, Max Bearak takes note of the “rising global tide of…
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Turkish Police Move Against Activists Who Defied Pride Ban; And More in Global LGBT Recap
The anti-equality World Congress of Families will hold its fourth Caribbean regional summit on June…
Read MoreTutu’s Daughter Marries Woman & Loses Anglican Priest License; Romanian Anti-Marriage Activists Get 3 Million Signatures; Australian State Apologizes For Harmful Sodomy Laws; Global LGBT Recap
South Africa: Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman, Loses License as Anglican Priest Mpho Tutu-Van Furth, Bishop…
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Plus: Religious Nationalists Support Anti-Gay Push In Kyrgyzstan; Malaysian Religious Police Target Trans People; and more, in this week’s Global LGBT Recap.
Read MoreCatholic 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
Sunday, October 11 was National Coming Out Day. The Canada-based Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights…
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Catholic ‘Soul-Searching’ as Ireland Votes on Marriage; Churches, American Activists Join Kenyan Anti-Gay Group’s ‘Family’ Confab; Indian Mom Seeks Spouse For Gay Son; Global LGBT Recap
PlanetRomeo released a global “Gay Happiness index,” placing Iceland at the top and Uganda at…
Read More‘No Room’ for Gays in Country that Worships God [Kenya] | Churches Fight to Keep Sexuality Out of Sex Ed [S. Korea] | Global LGBT Recap
University of Pennsylvania senior Katie Sgarro writes about her involvement with friend Sayid Abdullaev in…
Read MoreSeventh-Day Adventists & Gay ‘Cures’; Legal Victory for Kenyan LGBTs; Political, Religious Leaders Spar on LGBT Issues in UK; Global LGBT Recap
In the U.S. this week, the Supreme Court heard cases asking whether the Constitution requires…
Read MoreMarriage equality comes to Slovenia, continues to spread in Mexico; Civil Union legislation approved in Sicily, debated in Peru; Global LGBT Recap
March 1 marked the second annual Zero Discrimination Day, which is promoted by UNAIDS to…
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