Tag: LGBT+

Violence in Georgia and the Ambivalence of a Cross
Public Life, Religion and Politics

Violence in Georgia and the Ambivalence of a Cross

In the aftermath of erecting a metal cross to replace the flag of Europe in front of Georgia’s Parliament on July 5, my intention was to write only on the ambivalence of this cross, but things took a horrifying turn. World media and social platforms gave an ample coverage to the events that unfolded around…

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Listening to LGBT+ Christians
Church Life and Pastoral Care, Gender and Sexuality

Listening to LGBT+ Christians

by Tim Markatos “All models are wrong,” the saying goes among statisticians, “but some are useful.” The modern language of LGBTQ+ identity, while often unhelpfully obfuscating the boundaries between ontology, phenomenology, and epistemology, has been tremendously helpful in uniting and giving voice to people whose experience of sexual attraction and gender is at odds with…

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Why Is the Church Silent about Anti-LGBT+ Violence in Russia?
Orthodoxy and Modernity

Why Is the Church Silent about Anti-LGBT+ Violence in Russia?

by Katherine Kelaidis There are a lot of really good reasons to ban FIFA ’17, including the bevy of corruption scandals that seem to plague the governing body of the world’s most popular sport. But a group of Russian MPs, many from Vladimir Putin’s own United Russia Party, have managed to seize on the most…

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