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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Sydney’s Anglican Diocese Gives $1 Million To ‘No’ Campaign on Marriage; and more in Global LGBT Recap
Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.”
Read MoreAustralian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31…
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Gay Men Detained and Killed in Chechnya, and More in the Global LGBT Recap
Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag design that has become a symbol of the…
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Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap
ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s…
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What Fidel Castro’s Death Means for LGBT Rights in Cuba and More, in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap
Cuba’s long-time dictator Fidel Castro’s death was both celebrated and mourned.
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Marriage Equality Coming To Taiwan In Spite of Religious Objectors?; Anti-Gay Ruling Sought By Indonesian Islamists Threatens Women & Poor Couples; LDS Church Launches New ‘Mormon and Gay’ Site; Global LGBT Recap
October 30 marked the 30th anniversary of the Vatican’s “Letter to the Bishops on…
Read MoreAnglican Bishops Punish Episcopal Church Over LGBT Inclusion; Secularization’s Role in Moving Latin America ‘Beyond Machismo’; Greek Orthodox Bishop Says Gays Deserve Respect; Global LGBT Recap
Anglican Communion: Episcopal Church ‘Suspended,’ Anti-Gay Bishops Not Satisfied We reported last week that…
Read MoreCatholic 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
Intersex Awareness Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate…
Read More‘Barbaric’ v ‘Progressive’ Islam; Catholic Church Objects to Mexican Court OK For Gay Adoption; Malaysian Court Weighs Boundaries Of Civil and Shariah Law; Global LGBT Recap
Islam: ‘Barbaric’ and Progressive The United Nations ambassadors from the US and Chile have invited…
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