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Anyone who’s been paying attention to the rhetoric of the religious and political Right has heard it: the sound of a critical moment in a bad horror movie. It’s the moment when we learn that the…

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of its nearly 50,000 member churches. One was ousted due to its “lack of intent to cooperate in resolving…

Costa Rican human rights and anti-torture activist Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the new UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. The first expert, Vitit Muntarbhorn, resigned for…

Author Michael Muhammad Knight writes at Vice on “Editing Homophobia Out of the ‘Islamic Tradition.’” New Ways Ministry’s Bob Shine reflects on an interview conducted with former Vatican official…

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…

In what might be the most scathing federal ruling ever handed down in favor of a defendant, U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor on Monday granted Scott Lively’s request for summary judgment in the…

Activists from around the world celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality compiled 14 IDAHOT projects from the Middle…

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…

February 6 was International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. US-based anti-LGBT activist Brian Brown traveled to Russia to build support for his new International Organization for…

Cuba’s long-time dictator Fidel Castro’s death was both celebrated and mourned.