Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
Source: Associated Press By ANNABELLE LIANG SINGAPORE (AP) — New Islamic criminal laws that took effect Wednesday in Brunei that punish gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death […]
United Methodist Church Splinters Over Some Members’ Refusal To Accept LGBTQ Christians
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla UMC delegates at a special meeting voted to affirm the church’s doctrine prohibiting same-sex marriage — a move that will likely trigger a schism. […]
Gay Muslim comic gone from Instagram after Indonesia warning
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Instagram account that published comic strips depicting the struggles of gay Muslims in Indonesia has disappeared following a frenzy […]
Cuban evangelicals push back against gay marriage
Source: Associated Press By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban government push to legalize gay marriage has set off an unprecedented reaction from the island’s rapidly growing evangelical churches, […]
School defends LGBT lessons after religious parents complain
Source: The Guardian BY Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent The assistant headteacher of a school teaching children about homosexuality as part of a special programme has defended its decision after […]
Christian Schools Like Karen Pence’s Are The Real Threat To Academic Freedom
Source: Huffington Post By David Perry Last week, the “second lady” of the United States, Karen Pence, went to work as an art teacher at Immanuel Christian School in Northern […]
New York to become 15th state to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’
Source: NBC News By Dan Avery The New York State Legislature voted Tuesday to ban so-called gay conversion therapy on minors, with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo expected to sign the bill […]
Chechnya LGBT: Dozens ‘detained in new gay purge’
Source: BBC News Activists in Russia say there has been a new crackdown against LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network believes about 40 people have been imprisoned since […]
‘Not acceptable’: Indian army backs gay sex ban despite decriminalisation
Source: The Guardian India’s army chief said on Thursday that gay sex and adultery would not be tolerated in the army’s ranks, months after a landmark court ruling struck down colonial-era […]
Homosexuality at fault for sex abuse not Catholic Church, says German cardinal
Source: DPA/The Local; news@thelocal.de; @thelocalgermany 4 January 2019 One of the most senior German figures in the Catholic Church has controversially denied that sexual abuse was a problem in the […]
Two gay men mount first legal challenges to Hong Kong laws banning same-sex marriage, with court giving their applications green light to proceed
Source: South China Morning Post By Chris Lau Two Hong Kong gay men have launched the first legal bids challenging the city for not allowing them to get married, it […]
Indonesian city plans to fine residents for ‘LGBT behavior’
Source: Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian city has approved a bylaw to fine gay or transgender people up to 1 million rupiah ($70) for behavior that could “disturb public […]
Taiwanese reject legalizing same-sex unions in referendum
Source: Associated Press By RALPH JENNINGS TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Voters in Taiwan passed a referendum asking that marriage be restricted to one man and one woman, a setback to […]
A top bridal magazine refused to feature gay couples. Now it’s going out of business.
Source: The Washington Post By Lindsey Bever An Australian bridal magazine is shutting down after standing by a controversial decision not to feature same-sex couples. The founders of White magazine said in […]
‘Love will prevail’: Costa Rica’s same-sex couples can marry in 2020
Source: Reuters By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in Costa Rica will have the right to get married by mid-2020, the nation’s constitutional court has ruled, a first […]
Rights groups condemn ‘brutal and humiliating’ tests on gay men in Tunisia
Source: The Guardian By Rebecca Ratcliffe More than 70 gay men were jailed by Tunisian authorities last year, according to activists, who warn anal tests and phone searches are being used […]
LGBT+ rights take center stage in Mexico’s new Congress
Source: Reuters By Oscar Lopez MEXICO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A bill passed this week in Mexico’s Senate granting same-sex couples equal social security benefits as heterosexuals now moves to […]
Bermuda’s government fights against same-sex marriage in Court of Appeal
Source: CNN By Esan Swan Linda Bogle-Mienzer is one of the few Bermudians to have married someone of the same sex. Story highlights Same-sex marriage was legalized in Bermuda, then […]
Tanzania police arrest 10 over ‘gay wedding’ in Zanzibar
Source: BBC News Ten men have been arrested for allegedly conducting a same-sex marriage ceremony on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. The arrests were made on Saturday night at a […]
Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues
Source: Pew Research Center People in Central and Eastern Europe are less accepting of Muslims and Jews, same-sex marriage, and legal abortion The Iron Curtain that once divided Europe may […]