Special series
Editor's note:
Despite many changes over the years in laws regarding the rights of LGBTQ people, the issue of their inclusion remains a thorny area for religious denominations around the world. Differences over whether to recognize same-sex marriage or ordain LGBTQ people as clergy are even leading to divisions within some faith groups.
This week, The Associated Press, Religion News Service and The Conversation have teamed up to produce a series of reported stories and scholar commentary showing the institutional change in some denominations – and also the resistance to it.
Religion News
LGBTQ students wrestle with tensions at Christian colleges
Tensions over gender identity and sexual orientation pervade the campuses of hundreds of U.S. Catholic and Protestant universities. By Giovanna Dell’Orto/The Associated Press and Yonat Shimron/Religion News Service
Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church
Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy. By Chinedu Asadu and David Crary/The Associated Press and Catherine Pepinster/Religion News Service
Nineteenth-century British colonial rulers dramatically altered the prevailing cultural understanding of gender identity and morality. By Kalpana Jain/Religion News Service
Why I stay: LGBTQ people of faith find ways to belong where doctrine rejects them
'You don’t have to give up your faith to be who you are,' said one LGBTQ Christian. By Kathryn Post/Religion News Service
Across vast Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized
Here and there, across the far-flung Muslim and Arab worlds, LGBTQ people see glimmers of progress — but those are rare exceptions. By Edna Tarigan, Mariam Fam and David Crary/The Associated Press
Commentary and Analysis
Recent years have put more attention on LGBTQ people's struggle for acceptance in the LDS church, but asexual Latter-day Saints face unique challenges. By ben Brandley and Loretta LeMaster for The Conversation
Orthodox Jewish communities are still difficult places for many LGBTQ people. Yet the view, once ubiquitous, that Orthodox tradition is incompatible with their identities is gradually shifting. By Orit Avishai for The Conversation
Indonesia has criminalized same-sex sexuality, but trans people are finding support in some trans-inclusive mosques and churches. By Sharyn Graham Davies for The Conversation
Bill Loper, interim artistic director of the Out Loud Colorado Springs Men's Chorus, leads the group during a rehearsal for its Christmas program in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Gay and lesbian choruses like Out Loud came about after the assassination of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and have remained steadfast institutions through the civil rights struggles of the 20th century up to today. They've taken an active role in the healing process after mass shootings like that at Orlando's Pulse nightclub and the Nov. 19 attack at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that killed five people. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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- This Week in Religion is a publication of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative, a collaboration among the Religion News Service, The Associated Press and The Conversation U.S.
- The three news organizations work to improve general understanding and analyze the significance of developments in the world of faith.
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