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…
Read MoreMormon Leader Affirms Doctrine on Marriage; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Global Religious Right: ADF Expands Again Alliance Defending Freedom, the US-based religious right legal group,…
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Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as…
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Kuwait “Morals Committee” Announced Deportation of 76 Gay Men; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Brian Brown, president of the International Organization for the Family, the parent organization to the…
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Burma’s Spirit Festival, and More in This Week’s Global LGBT Roundup
The Washington Blade spoke to bisexual activists in a dozen countries and reported on the…
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Orthodox TV Channel Offers Gays One-Way Ticket Out of Russia; And More in Global LGBT Recap
Madrid hosted the massive WorldPride and an affiliated human rights conference this week. Among those…
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International Protest of Anti-Gay Persecution in Chechnya Grows; more in Global LGBT Recap
Russia: Anti-Gay persecution in Chechnya generates international protest International attention and protest continued to be…
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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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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…
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