https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to egypt 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/2017/11/27/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/2017/11/21/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/2017/11/13/will-international-criminal-court-bring-charges-against-isis-gender-based-persecution Gay Times (U.K.) has compiled a map with nations marked by colors representing eight legal status categories for LGBT people, ranging from marriage equality to death penalty. “Original Sin,” a book by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, alleges “a host of… Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:44:45 EST Peter Montgomery e4dc4ef6-82c3-42c7-9084-8754ee3a69ef 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/2017/10/30/australian-church-leaders-see-marriage-vote-battle-soul-australia-global-lgbt-recap-1030 Editors from the International Press Institute told American journalists “that Donald Trump’s hostility toward the free press is emboldening dictators and autocratic leaders across the globe.” Human Rights First reacted to raids on LGBT nightclubs in Belarus by saying it… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:09:27 EDT Peter Montgomery f42a71e5-be18-471c-89ab-d2687bd498c3 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/2017/10/17/sydneys-anglican-diocese-gives-1-million-no-campaign-marriage-and-more-global-lgbt-recap Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies: “It is a consequence of our discipleship to uphold the gift of marriage as God has designed it.” Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:41:19 EDT Peter Montgomery 1230ca0c-9c25-4b99-85ba-ece278972bb5 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/10/10/us-religious-right-groups-support-move-toward-illiberalism-hungary-and-poland-and-more The European Lesbian* Conference, which brought together 500 activists, artists, academics, politicians, journalistas and civil society leaders in Vienna ended on Sunday. At 76 Crimes, Dominique Menoga and Michaël Cousin reflect on the first international francophone conference on sexual and… Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:55:22 EDT Peter Montgomery 7a562892-1108-441e-953f-d09831b49596 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/2017/09/05/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/2017/08/01/burmas-spirit-festival-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-roundup The Washington Blade spoke to bisexual activists in a dozen countries and reported on the global movement in a two-part series. Earlier this month, the intensely anti-gay leader of the U.S.-based Mass Resistance, Brian Camenker, traveled to the U.K. to… Tue, 01 Aug 2017 05:16:04 EDT Peter Montgomery a6983bba-4a05-4663-85da-8844ac577c47 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/05/anti-trans-bus-tour-not-very-welcome-spanish-cities-gay-rights-weapon-nationalist-war The Guardian had asked readers for nominations of LGBT rights activists who are making a difference; they’ve now published their LGBT change heroes for 2017. The list includes activists and political leaders from South Africa, Syria, Brazil, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey… Sun, 05 Mar 2017 11:07:01 EST Peter Montgomery bba3c759-3a43-4ceb-a9ba-2232042a70af https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/12/international-human-rights-day-snapshot-lgbt-rights-vatican-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. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:57:02 EST Peter Montgomery 6083369e-4378-435b-9e50-8f758814f82a 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/2016/09/03/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/2016/08/12/belize-overturns-sodomy-law-defended-religious-right-ugandan-officials-will-continue The Rio Olympics, described by Associated Press as “decidedly gay-friendly,” feature a record number of openly LGBT athletes, including Brazil’s gold-medal-winning Rafaela Silva. Among LGBT firsts are a married lesbian couple who are teammates on the British women’s Rugby team… Fri, 12 Aug 2016 06:00:34 EDT Peter Montgomery 1439ad14-961b-4061-92a2-3f130a7136c1 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/07/pope-denounces-gender-colonization-indonesian-court-considers-islamist-request There are reportedly a record number of openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual athletes competing in this year’s Olympics, which the Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers wrote are getting under way “against the backdrop of rampant anti-LGBT violence.” According to news reports… Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:46:43 EDT Peter Montgomery 97d7a2a5-612e-4aae-93a5-bc95a73411b5 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/2016/05/01/lgbt-editor-bangladesh-murdered-islamists-and-more-weeks-global-lgbt-recap The Global Philanthropy Project has published “The Perfect Storm: The closing space for LGBT civil society in Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Kenya, and Hungary.” The report notes that governments have responded to growing pressure for democracy, transparency and accountability by passing new… Sun, 01 May 2016 09:54:00 EDT Peter Montgomery 2169bfe9-5690-4607-a695-5298a823707e 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/2015/11/16/what-ben-carsons-pyramid-theory-might-say-about-his-foreign-policy Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s theory about the origins of the Egyptian pyramids has been widely mocked in the media. Carson has typically been characterized as an anti-intellectual with “weird” beliefs and was even labeled a lunatic by one scholar… Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:54:30 EST David Krueger 64183bd2-4308-4745-a6aa-ca8ec5b1c5a9 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/12/new-mormon-anti-gay-policy-sparks-mass-exodus-church-christian-aid-workers-africa-refuse Mormon Church: Policies Targeting Same-Sex Couples, Children Spark Mass Exodus We wrote in the last recap about the Mormon Church’s new policy declaring married same-sex couples apostates and banning their children from baptism until age 18 – and only then… Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:46:59 EST Peter Montgomery 5811979a-ad7f-4881-a746-dd8078686ea9 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/11/fact-checking-ben-carsons-pyramid-ism-misses-point Archaeologists say that the pyramids were used to store dead pharaohs. Ben Carson thinks that the pyramids were used to store grain. Carson is wrong. But to simply point out that he’s wrong is to miss the point. Carson’s error… Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:54:04 EST Michael Schulson 2fa1d0a0-b56d-4247-b36a-f24269e8a35b 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