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Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants. Graphic descriptions, and pious denunciations, of sodomy, bestiality, transvestitism, and incest, abound in Western travel narratives, missionary accounts, and ethnographies. But what constituted indigenous sexual morality, and how was this influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity over ti.

Introduction: Sexuality, Christianity and African imaginations -- Part 1. Reimagining African Christian thought. Race and sexuality in a theology of ubuntu: Desmond Tutu -- Gender, sexuality and a theology of fruitfulness: Mercy Oduyoye -- Revolutionary imagination and the ecology of human rights: Jean-Blaise Kenmogne -- Affirming human diversity and embodiment in the face of HIV: Musa W. Dube -- Part 2. Transforming African Christian practice. Towards sexually competent churches: the ecumenical HIV and AIDS initiatives and advocacy -- Building a progressive Pan-African Christian movement: the fellowship of affirming ministries -- Part 3. Reshaping African Christian culture. Reclaiming the queer body: Nigerian LGBT life stories of sexuality and faith -- The art of words: LGBTQ poetry, Christianity and flourishing in Africa -- Infinite possibilities in a Nigerian lesbian love story: Under the udala trees -- Christianity and visual activism in Kenyan queer film: Rafiki and Same love.

A comprehensive analysis of sexual diversity in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective

This exciting and innovative book assists health practitioners in understanding the sexual diversity that now occurs in therapeutic consultations. The Internet with its anonymity and easy accessibility to all forms of sexuality and sexual behaviour, including cybersex, has enabled individuals to be more open and explorative in their sexual repertoire than ever before. Therefore, therapists can find themselves working with clients presenting issues of sexual diversity and sexual offending, with the latter mistakenly being confused as synonymous with the former. With this book, researchers and c

This book examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the International Olympic Committee wield power in similar ways, as evident in undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and absence of accountability, Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. A century in the making, these laws reflect decades of sexual repression in the former Soviet Union. Despite societal changes since 1993, there is little acceptance of sexual diversity, and the 2013 anti-gay law has led to an increase homophobic violence. In its inadequate response to yet another human rights crisis in an Olympic host country, the International Olympic Committee relied on the myth that sport is apolitical. Once again, this strategy was successful. Magical thinking that sport unites the world led many critics to oppose an Olympic boycott, although some supported boycotts of sponsors' products. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the IOC are, in fact, well matched. Common features include undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy in leadership, homophobia, lesbian/gay invisibility, and promotion of 'sport-as-special' propaganda

Struggles for LGBT rights and the security of sexual and gender minorities are ongoing, urgent concerns across the world. For students, scholars, and activists who work on these and related issues, this handbook provides a unique, interdisciplinary resource. In chapters by both emerging and senior scholars, the Oxford Handbook of Global LGBT and Sexual Diversity Politics introduces key concepts in LGBT political studies and queer theory. Additionally, the handbook offers historical, geographic, and topical case studies contexualized within theoretical frameworks from the sociology of sexualities, critical race studies, postcolonialism, indigenous theories, social movement theory, and international relations theory. It provides readers with up-to-date empirical material and critical assessments of the analytical significance, commonalities, and differences of global LGBT politics. The forward-looking analysis of state practice, transnational networks, and historical context presents crucial perspectives and opens new avenues for debate, dialogue, and theory.

Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1: The Difference that a Border Makes -- PUBLIC OPINION -- 2: Culture War? -- 3: A Twenty-Year Survey of Canadian Attitudes towards Homosexuality and Gay Rights -- EVANGELICALS -- 4: "Civility without Compromise" -- 5: The Pro-Family Movement in Canada and the United States -- 6: Evangelicals, the Christian Right, and Gay and Lesbian Rights in the United States -- 7: Liberal, with Conservative "Vibrations" -- 8: Canadian Evangelicals and Same-Sex Marriage -- MAINLINE PROTESTANTS -- 9: It's All about Sex -- 10: Focusing, Framing, and Discerning -- 11: American Mainline Protestantism and Deliberation about Homosexuality -- ROMAN CATHOLICISM -- 12: Catholicism, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage in the United States -- 13: Roman Catholics and Same-Sex Marriage in Quebec -- NON-CHRISTIAN RESPONSES -- 14: Paths from Emancipation -- 15: Muslims and Sexual Diversity in North America -- POLITICAL PARTIES -- 16: The Conservative Party of Canada and Its Religious Constituencies -- 17: The Politics of Marriage and American Party Politics -- RIGHTS CLAIMING -- 18: The Supreme Court of Canada's Attempt to Reconcile Freedom of Religion and Sexual Orientation Equality in the Public Schools -- 19: Law, Sexuality, and Morality in the United States -- CONCLUSION -- 20: Cross-Border Parallels at the Political Intersection of Sexuality and Religion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: a new look at and old topic -- Red gays : attitudes towards sexual diversity in Cuba, 1959-1989 -- The FMC and development of sexual education and sexual health, 1959-1989 -- Combating discrimination: the national center of sexual education (CENESEX), 1990-2015 -- Sexual diversity in contemporary Cuba, 1990-2015 -- Cuban healthcare : what is different about health in Cuba? -- Conclusion: (r)evolution -- Appendix A: List of interviews -- Appendix B: Statistical analysis of themes examined in sexologøa y sociedad articles, 1994-2015 -- Time line: important events in the normalization of sexual diversity in Cuba -- Bibliography -- About the author

Titlepage -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: INTERPRETING CHURCH TEACHINGS -- 1 A Call to Listen: The Church's Pastoral and Theological Response to Gays and Lesbians -- 2 Unitive and Procreative Meaning: The Inseparable Link -- 3 The Bridegroom and the Bride: The Theological Anthropology of John Paul II and Its Relation to the Bible and Homosexuality -- 4 The Church and Homosexuality: A Lonerganian Approach -- PART TWO: INTERPRETING THE BIBLE -- 5 The Promise of Postmodern Hermeneutics for the Biblical Renewal of Moral Theology