As a queer priest reflects on his 40-year journey toward gay liberation, he expresses amazement at how anti-religious the Western LGBT movement has become, excluding and devaluing the contributions of faithful allies. Continue reading
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Easter 2016: A prayer for all LGBT prisoners
An Easter message for 2016 Easter 2016 — a time when the Anglican Church of Nigeria refuses even to attend a meeting attended by a few representatives of the inclusive Episcopal Church for fears that, if they did, they would be in the midst of “a well-prepared camp of recruitment, blackmail, indoctrination and toxic relationship.” … Continue reading
Our man in Havana: Cuba’s role in LGBT rights, much more
From Our Man in Havana: As America’s Berlin Wall comes down, we need more than symbolism By the REV. CANON ALBERT OGLE The Rev. Joel Ortega Dopico left our meeting on Friday from his office where he is the President of the 50-member Cuban Council of Churches to have an urgent meeting with the Cuban … Continue reading
U.S. church plans support for LGBT-friendly Africans
A group of Christians in the United States is preparing to chart a new course in relations with their African counterparts. Rather than the type of conservative anti-gay evangelical preaching that in the past has encouraged so much repression and hatred for LGBT Africans, the generally progressive, LGBT-friendly Episcopal Church is moving toward fortifying a … Continue reading
Shared plight of lesbian, straight women goes unheard?
Excerpts from a March 20 commentary that the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle wrote at the conclusion of recent meetings of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York: Three thousand women are returning home from the UN after a unique opportunity to share insights and listen to one another. The question … Continue reading
Lesbians remain invisible globally, even to other women
Gay folk around the planet will never be free until women around the planet are free. — The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle Lesbian, bisexual and transgender women are still globally invisible, even to other women March 13 panel “Women of Faith. Women of Doubt.” will focus on the shared struggle for … Continue reading
Joining forces to fight for women’s rights, LGBTI rights
The struggle on behalf of human rights for LGBTI people will focus next month on the work of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, as explained in this abridged version of last week’s “RGOD2” commentary by the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle. In preparation for the U.N. CSW meeting of March 9 to 20, … Continue reading
LGBTI Ugandans tell their stories in their own magazine
The Ugandan LGBTI community has launched its own magazine to tell their stories to the nation. “Bombastic Magazine is a compilation of stories, testimonies and opinions by LGBTI Ugandans. The objective of this campaign is to end violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people countrywide,” the introductory press release states. Supporters of the magazine … Continue reading
Human rights day; reflections on a train wreck
In this RGOD2 column, which first appeared in the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle discusses the annual Human Rights Day, annually December 10 and building coalitions of shared values. The explosion of events on Dec. 10 to mark Human Rights Day is quite overwhelming. With all the LGBT activists … Continue reading
United in battle against sexism, homophobia
Sexism and homophobia are the targets of a strategic partnership fighting against the repression of both women and LGBTI people in the developing world. “The root of homophobia is sexism,” says the Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, a leader of the partnership and president of St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation. “The LGBT movement globally owes … Continue reading
