https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Bermuda en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/02/2017-around-world-progress-and-persecution-lgbt-people Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called 2017 “ the year of the homophobic purge” featuring “brutal crackdowns across the world.” The Daily Xtra’s year-end recap focused more on the good news… Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:38:20 EST Peter Montgomery f1967b35-d0f3-45ce-a3ef-7e4ff0ffe508 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/18/indonesian-court-rejects-religious-conservatives-bid-criminalize-gay-sex-more-global Costa Rican human rights and anti-torture activist Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the new UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The first expert, Vitit Muntarbhorn, resigned for health reasons after his first year in the position, which was created… Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:04:57 EST Peter Montgomery 8d3b4277-3328-49cd-8e55-6790a23489ec https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/27/marriage-debate-australia-shifts-push-religious-exemptions-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Queer Asia has issued a call for submissions for the Queer Asia Film Festival and Queer Asia Conference, which are tentatively scheduled for June 29 and 30, 2018. Deadline for submission of abstracts for the conference is December 30, 2017… Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:02:08 EST Peter Montgomery 82480bd6-f13a-481a-b797-d64e2e13a62f https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/06/anti-lgbt-culture-warriors-march-more-global-lgbt-recap International ILGA published its 2017 Global Attitudes Survey on Sexual, Gender and Sex Minorities, which it calls “the largest investigation of attitudes towards sexual, gender and sex minorities around the world ever conducted.” A section of the survey asks whether… Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:14:03 EST Peter Montgomery 6a889402-6d5f-4d5c-a9f5-2f72451aca19 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/08/mormon-leader-affirms-doctrine-marriage-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Global Religious Right: ADF Expands Again Alliance Defending Freedom, the US-based religious right legal group, has expanded its global culture-war reach with the opening of an office in London. In an email to supporters, ADF’s international affiliate wrote, “Lord Alton… Sun, 08 Oct 2017 02:39:01 EDT Peter Montgomery ebea32f4-db68-47bf-aec7-591fd3f62bfb https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/11/religious-conservatives-mobilize-internationally-against-spanish-nondiscrimination-bill “Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe: Mobilizing Against Equality,” edited by Roman Kuhar, associate professor at the University of Ljubljana, and David Paternotte, lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, has been published by Rowman & Littlefield International. From the publisher’s description… Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:44:18 EDT Peter Montgomery 83ce4cbd-989f-4753-8368-9e0896eae84f https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/05/catholic-cardinal-slams-jesuits-bridge-building-book-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Reports from several international LGBT gatherings: The Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA), founded in 2016, reported on its August gathering in Accra, Ghana, which drew more than 30 delegates from 10 countries, for interfaith worship and conversations about… Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:26:44 EDT Peter Montgomery de0731a2-d5ea-4f4c-b711-320073d2610a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/24/catholic-archbishop-takes-jesuit-magazines-slam-ecumenism-hate-and-more-global-lgbt Earlier this month, the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica published an article on the political alliance between conservative evangelicals and Catholics in the U.S., calling it an “ecumenism of hate.” From the Jesuit-run America magazine: U.S. politics have become increasingly… Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:05:04 EDT Peter Montgomery c12496b4-e74c-4b60-a012-7ee9cd2e03ba https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/05/orthodox-tv-channel-offers-gays-one-way-ticket-out-russia-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Madrid hosted the massive WorldPride and an affiliated human rights conference this week. Among those who attended were Iceland’s former Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, the first openly LGBT head of government, and former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero… Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:55:16 EDT Peter Montgomery aa3dcdf8-ec16-4eac-939f-9af0a1f4de8f https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/05/pride-month-prejudice-worrisome-time-lgbt-people-global-lgbt-recap LGBT communities in many parts of the world celebrate Pride month in June. The U.S. State Department told embassies and consulates that they may recognize local celebrations. The Associated Press’s David Crary kicked off the month with a June 1… Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:56:51 EDT Peter Montgomery b8f4d533-0d8d-497d-9bc3-434b42022294 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/29/world-congress-families-draws-anti-lgbt-activists-budapest-more-global-lgbt-recap Activists from around the world celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality compiled 14 IDAHOT projects from the Middle East and North Africa region. The World Congress of Families, a global… Mon, 29 May 2017 07:00:59 EDT Peter Montgomery 5533e1ff-e036-4223-8692-67da160d004a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/15/can-eurovisions-rainbow-arch-undermine-ukraines-orthodox-value-system-and-more-global Wednesday, May 17 will be commemorated around the world as International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Ukraine: Eurovision sparks conflict With Orthodox Church over rainbow arch AFP’s Olga Shylenko wrote about the contradictions around this year’s Eurovision being held in… Mon, 15 May 2017 01:00:21 EDT Peter Montgomery 7a52e804-8b4b-4ac1-8d28-741518d962ae https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/08/londons-big-gay-iftar-and-more-global-lgbt-recap International Family Equality Day was celebrated on May 7 with events in 30 countries. The United Nations Special Repporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, invited contributions to a consultation on the impact of fundamentalism and extremism on… Mon, 08 May 2017 12:25:34 EDT Peter Montgomery ae9e254e-5f65-46b0-a57c-9280ca902643 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/03/mexicos-religious-conservatives-seek-anti-lgbt-constitutional-amendment-lgbt-activists The anti-equality World Congress of Families has regional conferences scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia on September 16-18 and Nairobi, Kenya on September 23-25 each featuring an array of speakers from the global religious right. Another regional conference is planned for Cape… Sat, 03 Sep 2016 05:25:41 EDT Peter Montgomery 0294c666-7d0b-418f-ad82-585375985156 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/17/united-methodists-elect-1st-gay-bishop-canadian-anglicans-ok-same-sex-marriage This week’s Global LGBT Recap. Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:42:21 EDT Peter Montgomery 1313555e-94f7-4e02-9d70-7fdd4aec2a1d https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/08/bishop-says-gay-couples-cannot-be-part-parish-life-does-rising-evangelical-political The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law released “A Development Agenda for Sexual and Gender Minorities.” A group of Arab LGBTQ activists living in the U.S. and Canada are planning a retreat in August to help them “mobilize… Fri, 08 Jul 2016 01:49:36 EDT Peter Montgomery 9d5d66c3-4cc2-49fb-aea7-a99e7f52b293 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/26/indonesia-allows-abusive-sharia-laws-stand-kenyan-priest-joins-challenge-anti-lgbt-laws Pride celebrations continued this weekend, with major events in San Francisco, New York, and London, where two police officers were engaged, generating both support and religious denunciations. In New York, one of the grand marshals for the pride march was… Sun, 26 Jun 2016 03:50:01 EDT Peter Montgomery bfdb33ca-4d52-428b-8280-74ba747dcb24 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/13/isis-claims-responsibility-orlando-massacre-legal-gray-area-jordan-amid-rising Organizers of last month’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia have published their report on this year’s celebrations around the world. ISIS claims responsibility in Orlando mass murder The American-born man who massacred dozens of people at a gay… Mon, 13 Jun 2016 06:46:11 EDT Peter Montgomery ac4b329c-b1f3-4f09-94c5-6bc6f446d13f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/21/competing-visions-family-freedom-un-methodists-try-avoid-schism-sexuality-catholic Tuesday, May 17 was commemorated as International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, or IDAHOT. Among the many projects undertaken: The Bedayaa Organization for LGBTQI in the Nile Valley Area (Egypt & Sudan), the Maseahat Foundaiton for Sexual and Gender… Sat, 21 May 2016 04:08:15 EDT Peter Montgomery f37de147-b48c-4a22-8271-f084be5d0573 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/15/world-congress-families-blessed-georgian-orthodox-patriarch-and-george-w-bush-global The Human Dignity Trust has released a report, Breaking the Silence: Criminalisation of Lesbians and Bisexual Women and its Impacts, which it says is “the first ever global in-depth analysis of how laws against homosexuality specifically impact lesbians and bisexual… Sun, 15 May 2016 09:06:00 EDT Peter Montgomery d672fd23-5261-40c2-8042-cc154ca01de0 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/04/17/intolerance-indonesia-extends-religious-minorities-lutheran-church-norway-oks-same-sex The Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs), a collaboration of more than a dozen NGOs, has launched a new web platform. The project’s purpose is “to monitor, analyze, and share information on initiatives that misuse religion, culture, and tradition… Sun, 17 Apr 2016 03:31:11 EDT Peter Montgomery 52127100-91d5-4659-9449-29d8546db1d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/03/05/broadcast-officials-china-censor-gay-tv-characters … and more, in this week’s Global LGBT Recap. Sat, 05 Mar 2016 07:37:47 EST Peter Montgomery a4bad24c-a939-4df9-9146-319bbb74cc49 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/12/australias-harsh-refugee-policies-stirring-backlash-malawi-court-sides-pastors-lift The current issue of ILGA-Europe’s Destination EQUALITY magazine focuses on reconciling sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and religion. The magazine includes personal testimonies of LGBT Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists and an interview with Krzysztof Charamsa, the Polish priest and… Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:07:42 EST Peter Montgomery 20f51a51-4058-4ce6-ba0d-1c36c1f7602a https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/17/greek-orthodox-bishop-says-spit-inhuman-gay-scum-weeks-lgbt-global-recap Hundreds of people attended last weekend’s conference on global LGBT activism in New York. At Huffington Post, the Williams Institute’s Andrew Park discusses a shift in LGBT advocacy strategy at the U.N. to focus more on economic development. Zachary Quinto… Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:42:33 EST Peter Montgomery 3f66e849-4cb5-4d39-bae2-cfb82a76180a https://religiondispatches.org/2015/12/07/religious-hostility-gay-nigerians-popes-visit-africa-irelands-religious-schools-cant International Human Rights Day is Thursday, December 10. On Saturday, December 12, OutRight International (formerly IGLHRC) is holding a global activist gathering in New York, OutSummit: Pushing the Boundaries for Global LGBTIQ Activism. Nigeria: Report on anti-gay violence and extortion… Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:14:45 EST Peter Montgomery 7240ccda-ad8e-4cd5-9869-9551cf57537e