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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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…
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Pride Month & Prejudice; ‘Worrisome Time’ For LGBT People; Global LGBT Recap
LGBT communities in many parts of the world celebrate Pride month in June. The U.S….
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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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Trump Order A ‘Death Sentence’ For Some LGBT Refugees? Global LGBT Recap
Many LGBT advocates protested U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the country as…
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Biggest, Best & Worst LGBT Religion Stories of 2016 and more in Global LGBT Recap
At People For the American Way’s Right Wing Watch blog this week, I posted highlights…
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For International Human Rights Day, a Snapshot of LGBT Rights from the Vatican to Cape Town
The International Organization for the Family rolled out its “Cape Town Declaration” in South Africa Friday, reaffirming the “critical role” of traditional man-woman marriage as the bedrock of civilization.
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Conservative French Catholics a ‘Rightwing Patriarchal Bunch’?; Indonesian Prez Decries Anti-LGBT Discrimination; Romanian Prez Warns Against ‘Religious Fanaticism’; Global LGBT Recap
October 20 was Spirit Day, organized to create visible support for LGBT youth. October 22…
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More Bleak Times For Indonesian LGBTs; South Africa Bans Extremist Anti-Gay US Pastor; Mexican Marriage Struggle Heats Up; Global LGBT Recap
OutRight Action International’s Rashima Kwatra reviews the record of human rights work by Vitit Muntarbhorn,…
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Russia Expels Gay American Pastor, An Epidemic of Anti-LGBT Violence in Brazil, And More in the Global LGBT Recap
Alturi profiles human rights activist Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher for the LGBT rights program at…
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