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…
Catholic Church: ‘Joy of Love’ Inspires Little Joy in LGBT Catholics Pope Francis released a long-awaited Apostolic Exhortation on love and the family, which comes after fierce infighting at two…
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…
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…
Several reports relating to LGBT human rights internationally were released this week: Human Rights Watch released its 659-page World Report 2016, which reviews human rights practices in more than 90…
Anglican Communion: Episcopal Church ‘Suspended,’ Anti-Gay Bishops Not Satisfied We reported last week that conservative Anglican bishops were threatening a walk-out of this week’s primates’ gathering…
A four-day conference convened by the Gay Christian Network is under way in Houston. The Advocate’s current print issue includes a photo essay including interviews with LGBT Muslims, featuring the…
Hundreds of people attended last weekend’s conference on global LGBT activism in New York. At Huffington Post, the Williams Institute’s Andrew Park discusses a shift in LGBT advocacy strategy at the U…
Transgender Europe celebrated its 10 th anniversary. In the U.S., the Union for Reform Judaism, the largest Jewish denomination in the country, affirmed its commitment “to the full equality, inclusion…