Global Right

LGBT groups across the world face struggles as they fight to create global equality for LGBT communities through the UN. Peter Montgomery identifies the groups pushing back against LGBT equality, including the U.S. Christian Right.

A Trump administration could hold serious consequences for the entire global human rights framework.

The rise of ISIS has some parallels to the rise of Donald Trump.

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…

October 20 was Spirit Day, organized to create visible support for LGBT youth. October 22 was the annual Day of Action for Trans Depathologization; Trangender Europe released a video on human rights…

I am not arguing that Clinton is the obvious choice for Christian voters, just that Trump is obviously not.

Trump declares himself a fan of “Hindu,” as Bollywood dancers enact terrorist attack.

Indonesia: Arrests Reflect Impact of Ongoing Anti-LGBT Panic Two men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested after people complained after they posted a photo of them kissing on Facebook. Religious and…

Catholic Church: Pope calls teaching of gender theory “nasty” Pope Francis told reporters that teaching gender theory amounts to unacceptable “indoctrination” of young people. And he spoke about…

Last week, about a hundred people gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the African Regional Conference of Families, a regional conference for the World Congress of Families (WCF). The WCF, a U.S.-based international coalition of Religious Right groups dedicated to a very limited notion of “the natural family,” uses its frequent international convenings to develop and disseminate right-wing strategy. WCF uses deceptive “pro-family” rhetoric to promote conservative ideologies, which are then codified into regressive laws and policies that criminalize LGBTQ people and abortion.