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The first out lesbian bishop consecrated by the United Methodist Church has long known that her path would lead to ministry. Bishop Karen Oliveto first felt the call when she was just 11 years old…

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 disaster is not an “Act of God.”

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…

This week’s Global LGBT Recap.

Two U.S. jurisdictions will consider three openly gay candidates for bishop this month. Long before she learned that my sister was gay, our mother had been risking her reputation, and her career, to…

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…

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…

The month of May has marked a decided shift in the strategy for full inclusion of LGBTQ persons within the United Methodist Church (UMC). In the past ten days, more than 126 clergy and candidates for…

As the United Methodist Church approaches it next quadrennial General Conference this May, its members should reflect upon the watershed moment of its 2012 conference that has inspired LGBTQ rights…