Securing a safe place for all Liberians
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recently expressed in an interview opposition to LGBT rights — specifically decriminalization — and was vague about...
View ArticleNew African materials released to assist the LGBTI sector in exercising the...
South African History Archive is pleased to announce the release of new materials developed to raise awareness about the right to information within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex...
View ArticleThe world of lesbians in Nigeria
The African society views same-sex relationships as repulsive. Yet in Nigeria, homosexuals live among us. A few hide their status from the world’s prying eyes, while the majority however do not care....
View ArticleGambia’s president Yahya Jammeh’s latest attack on gay people
Yahya Jammeh, the President of the Republic of the Gambia, is back on the rampage against homosexuals in his country this time condemning gay adoptions. During his most recent statements made during...
View ArticleLegalise prostitution and homosexuality, says Kenyan National Human Rights...
The Kenyan government’s human rights watchdog wants same-sex relationships and prostitution legalised. This is amongst a raft of recommendations the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC) has...
View ArticleCanadian, US and African bishops affirm common mission at third Consultation
Last week, the Anglican Church of Canada hosted the third Consultation of Anglican Bishops in Dialogue. Growing out of Lambeth 2008, which uncovered divisions and disagreements between African and...
View ArticleChurch of England fails to consult lesbian and gay Anglicans on equal...
Media release For immediate use Church of England fails to consult lesbian and gay Anglicans on equal marriage statement The hierarchy of the Church of England in Church House and the House of Bishops...
View ArticleLGBT Excellence Centre Wales calls for marriage equality
In response to the Church of England’s submission to the Government’s consultation on Equal Civil Marriage, the LGBT Excellence Centre is publishing today their report from a community engagement event...
View ArticleThings are not always what they seem
I was in almost unbroken conversation with people at Synod in York for 9 hours yesterday. I learnt a great deal which has shed light on the culture of the Church of England and on the review process...
View ArticlePermanent, Faithful, Stable – it’s about God and Love
When the Guardian published Jeffrey John’s article marking the issue of a new edition of Permanent, Faithful, Stable two weeks ago, it edited out the God-stuff with which Jeffrey begins his new Preface...
View ArticleMalawi suspends anti-gay laws
Malawi suspended laws against same-sex relationships on Monday and has ordered police not to arrest gays pending a decision on whether to repeal the legislation. Homosexuality is banned in Malawi – as...
View ArticleJustin Welby – is he good news for LGB&T Anglicans?
The Rt Revd Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham, is being named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury with an announcement expected tomorrow. The BBC is asking me what Changing Attitude’s response is to his...
View ArticleTime for the Church of England to affirm, welcome, celebrate and bless...
The leader in the Church Times yesterday concluded by saying, “In the mean time, there are the twin concerns of public perception and mission. A greater enthusiasm for the blessing of same-sex...
View ArticleLesbian and gay Anglicans will marry in other churches
Today’s Sunday Telegraph publishes a letter signed by 152 Anglicans, 56 of them clergy. The letter states that in 2014 when lesbian and gay couples will be able to marry, the Church of England will...
View ArticleTime for spiritual solace
The last two weeks have been rather manic! I think we have experienced stage two of the November Revolution which was triggered by the no vote on women bishops in Synod. Now the Church of England’s...
View ArticleChanging Attitude in 2013 – a life-giving vision
Retired Archbishop Rowan Williams – what a strange thought. Rowan, tutor from my Westcott days, was an easy friend before being appointed to Canterbury. My friendship with him wasn’t the only one to be...
View ArticleCivil partnerships, the episcopate and the House of Bishops furore
I want to place as the foundation stone of this blog Jim Cotter’s Canticle for Christmas 3 based on John 1 from Out of the Silence to remind myself of the truth that convicts me as a follower of the...
View ArticleNow elect eight senior LGB&T clergy as participant observers in the House of...
Yesterday the House of Bishops announced that the bishops have “decided that until such time as there are six female members of the House, following the admission of women to the episcopate, a number...
View ArticleWhat does the Christian alternative to same-sex marriage look like?
I travelled to Bath yesterday evening for a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill organised by Don Foster, MP for Bath – who voted for the Bill in its second reading. The evening was chaired by...
View ArticlePrejudice in the Church and why gay clergy tolerate hypocrisy
Yesterday I wrote about some of the parallels between the experience of women and LGB&T people in the Church of England having read Maggi Dawn’s recently published book Like the Wideness of the...
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