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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Indonesian Court Rejects Religious Conservatives’ Bid To Criminalize Gay Sex; More in Global LGBT Recap
Costa Rican human rights and anti-torture activist Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the new UN Independent Expert…
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How a Ruling for Masterpiece Cakeshop Could Embolden White Nationalists
While deploying “religious freedom” arguments to push back on progressive social change is hardly new,…
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The Religious Case Against Religious Discrimination in Cakeshop Case
It might be tempting to think that Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—the upcoming…
Read MoreMarriage Debate in Australia Shifts To Push For Religious Exemptions; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Queer Asia has issued a call for submissions for the Queer Asia Film Festival and…
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Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Australia: Voters overwhelmingly support marriage equality; opponents seek religious exemptions Australian voters overwhelmingly expressed support…
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The Subway Sandwich Artist Argument; When “Religious Freedom” Isn’t About Religious Freedom
Consider this faintly ridiculous hypothetical: I am in line at my local Subway sandwich shop,…
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Will International Criminal Court Bring Charges Against ISIS For Gender-Based Persecution?; And More in Global LGBT Recap
Gay Times (U.K.) has compiled a map with nations marked by colors representing eight legal…
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Anti-LGBT Culture Warriors On The March; More in Global LGBT Recap
International ILGA published its 2017 Global Attitudes Survey on Sexual, Gender and Sex Minorities, which…
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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.”
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