Religion

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw. (Dan Kitwood/Getty) Labour MP Ben Bradshaw has criticised the Church of England for “actively pursuing a campaign of discrimination” against LGBTQ+ people. The Exeter MP spoke out against the church after it barred the late archbishop Demond Tutu’s goddaughter from officiating his funeral because she is in a same-sex marriage. “This
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Pope Francis leaves Assisi at the end of Economy of Francis, an international movement of young economists. (Getty) Pope Francis reportedly encouraged an LGBTQ+ Catholic group to build a church “that excludes no one.” According to L’Avvenire, the pope met with Italian LGBTQ+ Catholic group The Tent of Jonathon in a Wednesday (21 September) conference
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A parent stands outside the demonstration area holding a sign in hebrew. (@ronisassover/Twitter) A transgender student at a school in Israel was reportedly publicly outed without consent, resulting in an anti-trans protest by parents of their classmates. Parents and students of the religious Morsheth Naria school discovered that the child was trans in early September
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Margaret Court walks onto court during the Centre Court Centenary Ceremony at Wimbledone 2022. (Ryan Pierse/Getty) Former tennis player Margaret Court claimed she was the victim of LGBT bullying in a post-Wimbledon interview. The Australian tennis player turned Christian minister discussed her time at the Women’s US Open at Wimbledon to The Telegraph and how she
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Thousands of people marched against Belgrade hosting EuroPride. (Oliver Bunic/Getty) Thousands of religious and right-wing Serbians have marched in Belgrade to protest an upcoming EuroPride event… that’s already been postponed. Anti-LGBTQ+ protestors took to the streets of the country’s capital on Sunday (28 August) to oppose plans for the city to host EuroPride on 17
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Two trans people hold hands while marching under a trans Pride flag in the New York City Pride Parade. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A federal court has blocked efforts by the Biden administration to ensure trans people are never discriminated against by religious doctors when seeking healthcare. In 2016, the Obama administration issued an interpretation of the
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Serbian Orthodox Church bishop Nikanor Bogunović of Bana. (Screen capture via YouTube) A senior bishop in Serbia has been condemned for encouraging armed attacks against an LGBTQ+ Pride event in Belgrade. In September, the Serbian capital will host EuroPride, which celebrates LGBTQ+ rights across the continent, in a first for a southeastern European country. But Serbian
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Saudi Arabian sisters Asra Abdullah Alsehli (left) and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli (right). (NSW Police) Two Saudi sisters found dead in Australia sought asylum for religion and sexuality, but their pleas for projection were reportedly rejected over lack of evidence. Australian authorities discovered the remains of Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, and Amaal Abdullah Alsehli, 23, on 7 June
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Pope Francis celebrates mass at the the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, Canada. (Getty/ Chip Somodevilla) Pope Francis has met with four groups of trans people who found shelter in a Catholic church, the Vatican has confirmed. According to AP News, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported that the Pope met with a group of trans
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Archbishop of Canterbury responds to Sandi Toksvig after criticism over church’s LGBTQ+ stance. (Hollie Adams and Joe Maher/Stringer via Getty Images) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has asked to meet with presenter and activist Sandi Toksvig after she criticised his stance on the LGBTQ+ community as a “horrible mistake”. Over the past two weeks,
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Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, speaks at the 2022 Lambeth Conference held at The University of Kent. (Neil Turner for The Lambeth Conference) A influential group of Anglican bishops are calling for “homosexual practice” to be “rejected” at the Lambeth Conference, insisting that “God’s power” will help gay people with the “ordering of relationships”. On
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Timothy Farage’s deleted tweet next to his portrait. (image: Twitter/University photo) University professor Timothy Farage is under investigation after calling for a “cure for homosexuality”. Farage, a computer science professor at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), sparked outrage after he suggested ‘curing’ gay men in light of the monkeypox outbreak. He made the
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Jeopardy champ and atheist activist Hemant Mehta (left) and hate preacher Aaron Thompson (right). (Twitter and Youtube) Atheist activist and Jeopardy! champ Hemant Mehta was described as a “closet f*g” by a Christian hate preacher, all because he is an LGBTQ+ ally. Mehta, who won $13,999 as a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2020 and founded
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JK Rowling (left) and Caroline Farrow (right). (Getty/Jim Spellman and YouTube/ Good Morning Britain) JK Rowling took to Twitter on Saturday (12 March) to send “big love” to anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-abortion Catholic activist Caroline Farrow. Farrow had tweeted that she was feeling emotional, both because her daughter was turning 18 and because her life had
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Tory equalities minister Mike Freer. (Facebook/ Mike Freer MP) Tory equalities minister Mike Freer has signalled that a UK conversion therapy ban will protect trans people and cover religious practices. A consultation document on banning conversion therapy produced by the government last year raised significant concerns when it proposed religious exemptions, exemptions for “consenting adults”,
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Bishop condemns church leaders’ calls for barbaric conversion therapy to continue (coldsnowstorm/Getty Images) The Bishop of Dorchester has asserted that the LGBT+ community is “safe and welcome” in church after 2,500 Christian officials objected to Britain’s conversion therapy ban. Authored by 11 Christian faith leaders from churches across the country and addressed to minister for
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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images) Australian faith-based schools will be banned from expelling gay students but could still freely oust trans pupils in proposals agreed by ruling party lawmakers. In the confusing and contentious saga of prime minister Scott Morrison’s Religious Discrimination Bill, ministers have repeatedly see-sawed between protecting Christian groups and
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India’s parliament is trying to change the GAY airport code for Gaya airport. (Envato) Gaya airport in New Delhi, India, is desperate to lose its GAY airport code because of its status as a holy city, with a parliamentary panel branding it “inappropriate”. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Gaya is the place where where Rama, Sita and
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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. (Rohan Thomson/Getty Images) Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has vowed to stop students from being expelled for their sexuality or gender identity by religious schools. In an unexpected turnaround, the right-wing leader who has long been upfront about his evangelical Christian faith, promised to stop faith-based schools from discriminating against
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France bans barbaric conversion therapy once and for all (Kay Nietfeld – Pool/Getty Images) France’s law banning conversion therapy has passed its final stages, with president Emmanuel Macron declaring “being yourself… is nothing to be cured”. The sweeping ban, which gives no exemptions for religious conversion therapy, was voted in by parties on both sides
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MP Päivi Räsänen arrives at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on 24 January. (AFP via Getty/ Lehtikuva / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO) An MP in Finland went to trial on Monday (24 January), accused of hate speech after she said that gay people have a “developmental disorder”. Päivi Räsänen, a seventh-term member of the Finnish
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Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III are holding their fourth iteration of their #TransphobiaIsASin Campaign. (Instagram/@jmaseiii) A group of activists invite social media to join their campaign to ‘disrupt the religious violence trans people experience every day’. Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and J Mase III edited the Black Trans Prayer Book to dismantle
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