https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Brazil en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/28/brazils-trump-bolsonaro-lost-anti-democratic-movements-seldom-accept-electoral-defeat UPDATE, October 31: This Sunday Lula won the Brazilian presidential election by an extremely narrow margin, though Brazil’s future remains in the balance. Bolsonaro and his allies engaged in systematic militarized voter suppression on the day of the election, hoping… Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:54:59 EDT Craig Johnson 985a3728-d0ef-4f40-830f-f439d2d64ba2 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/11/21/australians-vote-overwhelmingly-marriage-equality-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Australia: Voters overwhelmingly support marriage equality; opponents seek religious exemptions Australian voters overwhelmingly expressed support for marriage equality in a non-binding mail referendum whose results were released on November 15. The win came in spite of a “well-organized religious campaign”… Tue, 21 Nov 2017 03:37:54 EST Peter Montgomery 35e156c5-5d85-4591-a61c-e17edba1c54a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/23/rising-global-tide-anti-gay-crackdowns-more-global-lgbt-recap International At the Washington Post, Max Bearak takes note of the “rising global tide of crackdowns on LGBT communities” that we have been documenting in Religion Dispatches’ weekly Global LGBT Recap: This week, a government journal in the former Soviet… Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:23:20 EDT Peter Montgomery cc193b3b-9a72-42f2-8132-6cfe9ec7d07a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/25/lgbt-muslim-clash-aiding-rise-right-europe OutRight Action International has published quotes from speakers at the meeting of the LGBTI Core Group during the recent United Nations General Assembly. The LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey held its annual conference in Podgorica, Montenegro… Mon, 25 Sep 2017 03:11:10 EDT Peter Montgomery aed81aaa-ad4b-42f5-8d87-246f5235af49 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/18/australian-church-nixes-straight-couples-wedding-over-their-marriage-equality-support Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31 as the United Nations’ first independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The creation of… Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:15:53 EDT Peter Montgomery 9defd6a8-24de-421a-a119-e18e92fc3817 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/14/challenging-both-homophobia-islam-and-populist-bogeyman-homophobic-muslim-and-more Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as a threat to Western values in various countries, while also challenging conservative Muslim teachings that queerness and Islam are incompatible. In the Guardian, Moustafa Bayoumi… Mon, 14 Aug 2017 10:00:10 EDT Peter Montgomery 6d519c21-6dba-43bb-a073-260ecc864c3d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/02/global-religious-right-asks-how-far-can-we-get-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Social conservatives from around the world gathered in Brussels last week to ask each other, “How far can we get?” The meeting was convened by the Political Network for Values, which provides a setting for activists to meet with like-minded… Tue, 02 May 2017 12:00:20 EDT Peter Montgomery 45a25490-6683-4a80-8239-9856cf216925 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/12/religious-traditionalists-resist-marriage-equality-artist-questions-what-un-african-more ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s International Women’s Day: “We demand that our lives and labour be treated with dignity for they form the basis of this society,” the platform of… Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:12:47 EDT Peter Montgomery 64d111c1-a18c-49f2-9fb2-1bd2ac599d88 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/08/anti-gay-anti-catholic-evangelical-sworn-mayor-rio-more-global-lgbt-recap Durga Sengupta at CatchNews.com reported on progress and backlash on LGBT issues in India and around the world in 2016. The Family Research Council praised the Trump transition team for demanding information from the State Department on programs and staff… Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:08:20 EST Peter Montgomery 9d33c449-d750-47d6-9510-43dc31ec29a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/19/weeks-lgbt-recap-are-gay-priests-overdue-stonewall-moment “Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders—some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves—will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.” Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:32:15 EST Peter Montgomery 4e0861a5-100c-4f91-b39e-f3ba9ad0cb0f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/27/what-fidel-castros-death-means-lgbt-rights-cuba-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-recap Cuba’s long-time dictator Fidel Castro’s death was both celebrated and mourned. Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:15:48 EST Peter Montgomery aa4c768e-da91-4e9d-9604-e16e87961bcf https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/21/donald-trump-scares-lgbt-people-worldwide-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-recap Backlash At UN & Elsewhere; Religious Leaders Rally Against Marriage Equality in Taiwan & El Salvador. Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:55:57 EST Peter Montgomery 3cc00fba-e5c7-4c11-b4ec-92940832e086 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/30/marriage-equality-coming-taiwan-spite-religious-objectors-anti-gay-ruling-sought October 30 marked the 30th anniversary of the Vatican’s “Letter to the Bishops on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons,” which New Ways Ministry calls “probably the most influential piece of church teaching on the topic of homosexuality.” Read more… Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:57:43 EDT Peter Montgomery 2346c681-eb28-4019-bb57-8fbdb96bc036 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/19/lgbt-victories-olympics-struggles-brazil-catholic-bishops-organizing-anti-marriage Rio Olympics: Great games for LGBT athletes, tough times for LGBT Brazilians Outsports.com tracked the success of LGBT athletes at the Olympics in Rio, as well as more than a dozen who narrowly missed making the medal podium. Italian Rachele… Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:00:19 EDT Peter Montgomery 5d85a973-1f48-4eb4-934e-5381a22ce32a https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/31/russia-expels-gay-american-pastor-epidemic-anti-lgbt-violence-brazil-and-more-global Alturi profiles human rights activist Neela Ghoshal, senior researcher for the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch called on US President Barack Obama to address anti-LGBT discrimination along with laws curtailing free speech and peaceful assembly… Sun, 31 Jul 2016 08:07:36 EDT Peter Montgomery a0ad5ae0-adf4-499f-9559-ccd0b6339824 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/2015/10/05/clashing-human-rights-visions-lgbts-united-nations-more-mixed-messages-vatican-family The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (pronounced iggle-hurk) announced last Monday that it has formally changed its name to OutRight Action International, with a tagline of “human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere.” A new organization devoted to global… Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:27:04 EDT Peter Montgomery a44bd3d2-f657-4310-9d82-1595316ab3a2 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/08/14/barbaric-v-progressive-islam-catholic-church-objects-mexican-court-ok-gay-adoption Islam: ‘Barbaric’ and Progressive The United Nations ambassadors from the US and Chile have invited members of the UN Security Council to an August 24 meeting to discuss the “barbaric treatment” of LGBT people by the so-called Islamic State. Speaking… Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:05:51 EDT Peter Montgomery 7326a0e2-eefe-4280-b36a-00f618c9e4cc https://religiondispatches.org/2015/07/10/brazilian-evangelicals-launch-sin-free-read-gay-free-version-facebook Plus news from Turkey, South Korea and more, in RD’s Global LGBT Roundup. Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:50:54 EDT Peter Montgomery a9f7c55a-7743-44ba-8f00-146a7a44ef37 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/14/mexico-moves-toward-national-marriage-equality-greek-govt-announces-civil-partnership Vatican: Pope will meet married gay activist; warns against “secularism and relativism” A Paraguayan LGBT organization announced that it has received and accepted an invitation to meet with Pope Francis when he visits the country in July. BuzzFeed’s Lester Feder… Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:13:55 EDT Peter Montgomery a7a92749-5df4-483a-a874-0fd393325569 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/17/adventists-cancel-holy-sexuality-confab-egyptian-court-oks-deportation-gays-mongolian A Russian nonprofit group, the St. Petersburg-based Coming Out, celebrated April 17 International Day of Silence by releasing a video “Break the silence,” which ends with “silence can break us / but we can break the silence.” A small Day… Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:53:25 EDT Peter Montgomery ae64dff9-be2b-4c93-a80a-ba2701b2febd https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/07/pentecostal-prayer-gangs-new-film-documents-religion-brazilian-prison People make a lot of assumptions about prisoners’ faith that just aren’t accurate. Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:03:40 EST Nick Street a1d17191-0c96-4e0b-8f3e-e6e615b2ddec https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/14/churchstate-putins-orthodox-empire-evangelical-orthodox-anti-gay-alliance-malaysian A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA law school and NORC at the University of Chicago released last Friday found that residents in ninety percent of 52 surveyed countries have become more accepting of homosexuality over the past… Fri, 14 Nov 2014 01:32:36 EST Peter Montgomery 273e2440-8109-4044-8512-921d5edf40ad https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/03/lgbts-opponents-prep-vatican-synod-un-rights-council-adopts-lgbt-resolution-brazils Catholic Church: LGBT Catholics, Conservative Christians Jockey as Family Synod Approaches The Ways of Love: International Conference for a Pastoral Care with Homosexual and Transsexual People, took place in Rome today, October 3, in advance of the upcoming bishops’ synod… Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:36:41 EDT Peter Montgomery cd7d5382-5fd4-4654-b9ff-1a5ae87d03e2 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/30/just-what-kind-revolution-francis-calling Francis is attempting to bridge two pastoral approaches, evangelization and a preferential option for the poor, that have been at odds with each other in the Global South. But will he accomplish either? Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:26:51 EDT Silvia Alves Fernandes fbb46b34-64b7-48ff-8e1b-81431bfe571b