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:

Logo of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women

Three thousand women are returning home from the UN after a unique opportunity to share insights and listen to one another. The question remains simply: Were they talking…

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

Why should anyone pay attention to the upcoming meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York? Click this image, watch the short video and decide. The United Nations video discusses what people really think about women’s roles, as revealed by Google’s…

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.

Graphic publicizing the upcoming meeting of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.

In preparation for the U.N. CSW meeting of March 9 to 20, Ogle is…

United in battle against sexism, homophobia

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle and Angeline Jackson appear on the fund-raising page for the partnership. (Click on the image for link to that page.)

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…

Honors for 3 who combat the evil of homophobia

RGOD2 column reprinted from the San Diego Gay & Lesbian News with permission, and with some embarrassment about the excessive praise that it contains.

Honoring brave leaders who “combat evil”

By the REV. CANON ALBERT OGLE

Colin Stewart

A surprising quote struck a chord, deep inside me. I never think about the work I do for LGBT equality as combating evil. The quote came from a recent interview…