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Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/Gender, UncategorizedOctober 18, 2015

Conservative Bishops Unhappy At Synod, But Ignore Walkout Call; Australian Religious Leaders Step Up Marriage Equality Opposition; Italy Debates Civil Unions; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize….

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 5, 2015

Clashing human rights visions for LGBTs at United Nations; More Mixed Messages from the Vatican as Family Synod Begins; Timeline of Worsening Homophobia by Turkey’s AKP Party; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 19, 2015

The Brutality of Life for Syrian LGBTs; Saving the Anglican Church by Dissolving It; Backlash to Hindu Gay Wedding Ceremony in Indonesia; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Syria: ISIS not the only source of brutality against LGBTs Dan McDougall’s feature story in…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderSeptember 3, 2015

Pope Francis meets with bishop who blessed gay couple; Proposed NGO law in Uganda threatens LGBT groups, civil society; Interfaith sexuality organizing in Indonesia; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

We reported last week on the UN Security Council briefing convened by American and Chilean…

Global LGBT Recap, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderAugust 8, 2015

LGBT Human Rights in UN Sustainable Development Negotiation; Swiss Bishop Says Speaking of ‘Family Diversity’ is ‘Attack on the Creator’; Canadian Food Bank’s Anti-Gay Dogma; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

Photographer Robin Hammond has launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #WhereLoveIsIllegal to document…

Austin Dacey, Books, OMFG, RD BlogAugust 5, 2015

How Can You Exclude The NAACP and Liberal Protestants from Human Rights History?

By Austin Dacey

No, we can’t simply thank anti-communist, anti-Enlightenment Catholics for the elevation of human rights language.

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJuly 24, 2015

Win For ‘Natural Family’ Crowd at UN Human Rights Council…

By Peter Montgomery

… and much more, in this week’s LGBT Global Recap.

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJune 5, 2015

Australian Prime Minister, Church Leaders Resist Marriage Push; South Korea’s Anti-Gay Christians Block Pride Parade; Morocco Arrests Men for ‘Obscene Act’ of Kissing; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

On the first day of June, celebrated as Pride month in many places, the UN…

Global LGBT Recap, OMFG, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 27, 2015

Russian Attack on LGBTs at UN Rejected; Gay Cake Controversy Rages in N. Ireland; Bishop Calls for Marriage Referendum in Puerto Rico; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

The White House announced this week that Pope Francis will visit President Barack Obama during…

Global LGBT Recap, Peter Montgomery, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 7, 2014

Vatican Enlists Allies Against Gay Marriage; Iranian Gays Pushed to Change Gender; And More in This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

New Vatican Confab on ‘Complementarity’ in Marriage Before the dust had settled from the Catholic…