https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to turkey en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/11/20/trump-floated-dastardly-deal-erdogan To entice the Turkish president to go easy on Saudi Arabia, the Trump administration floated the idea of extraditing a permanent U.S. resident who would likely face serious punishment. Tue, 20 Nov 2018 02:22:21 EST Mark Juergensmeyer 26b9b110-5617-4a64-a86b-d0b4b5ad5136 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/2017/09/25/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/2017/08/01/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/2017/07/17/malta-adopts-marriage-equality-over-objections-catholics-and-evangelicals-and-more The parliament of Malta, an officially Catholic country, approved marriage equality legislation with a single dissenting vote. The lone dissenter bucked his Nationalist Party’s leadership, reports AP: Nationalist lawmaker Edwin Vassallo cited his Catholic faith and its incompatibility with what… Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:14:23 EDT Peter Montgomery 2c0b4709-37fe-4546-8d26-4841a7dd5318 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/2017/06/26/turkish-police-move-against-activists-who-defied-pride-ban-and-more-global-lgbt-recap The anti-equality World Congress of Families will hold its fourth Caribbean regional summit on June 29 and 30 in St. John’s Antigua, with speakers from US Religious Right groups Focus on the Family and Family Watch International joining Caribbean-based leaders… Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:50:22 EDT Peter Montgomery 8915c6f2-8b30-4212-a396-080f242237f6 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/16/authoritarian-populism-vs-human-rights-campaign-against-gender-ideology-and-more-global Human Rights Watch released its 2017 World Report, in which the group reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries, which a focus on the “dangerous rise of populism” and global attacks on human rights values. From a description… Mon, 16 Jan 2017 06:23:26 EST Peter Montgomery 6063e821-223f-46ae-9295-05117758a21b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/12/talking-religious-terrorist-turkey-wants-trump-extradite Turkey wants Fethullah Gulen extradited to face charges that he was involved in the failed coup attempt against the Turkish strong man, Recip Erdogan, several months ago. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:12:27 EST Mark Juergensmeyer 446ca548-637c-43d9-baa1-e5d2614a3524 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/2016/11/27/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/2016/09/15/weeks-after-turkeys-failed-coup-thousands-have-been-arrested-over-book The futures of tens of thousands of Turkish people still remain uncertain. Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:00:59 EDT Mark Juergensmeyer bfe6d45d-7c54-48d5-9862-8adaaae308ca 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/2016/08/07/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/2016/06/26/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/2016/06/19/condemnation-condolences-wake-orlando-massacre-and-more In this week’s Global LGBT Recap. Sun, 19 Jun 2016 02:38:39 EDT Peter Montgomery 1c882f4b-c09c-4b13-b64e-f6bddf61633e https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/27/tutus-daughter-marries-woman-loses-anglican-priest-license-romanian-anti-marriage South Africa: Tutu’s Daughter Marries Woman, Loses License as Anglican Priest Mpho Tutu-Van Furth, Bishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter, was forced to give up her license to function as a priest in the South African Anglican Church because she married another… Fri, 27 May 2016 11:23:01 EDT Peter Montgomery 578cfe29-0964-44a7-aaae-20f69907c19a 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/2016/02/27/catholic-leaders-offer-criticism-support-boxer-pacquiao-after-anti-gay-comments Plus, reports from Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, and more in this week’s Global LGBT Recap. Sat, 27 Feb 2016 02:54:06 EST Peter Montgomery 8d179786-596a-4d9d-8ea9-44dbe8781e98 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/19/pope-and-russian-orthodox-patriarch-declare-shared-view-marriage-family-government Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill met in Cuba last Friday, the first meeting between the heads of the two churches since 1054, and they declared, “we are not competitors, but brothers.” The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers reports on… Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:52:23 EST Peter Montgomery 3ea46b83-7c4d-4857-9860-15dacf2fa148 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/06/putins-children-push-traditional-values-latvia-jewish-reparative-therapy-group-finds International Activism and Advocacy The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released “ Born Free and Equal: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Human Rights Law.” The report promotes five core legal obligations states have… Sat, 06 Feb 2016 12:14:30 EST Peter Montgomery 4200daf9-4e44-4c2a-baae-4e9a2983e4a0