Bishop Christopher

RGOD2: Time to do “the laundry”

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
August 3rd, 2012

Sister Corrita Kent once designed a lithograph using the words:

“After the ecstasy, the laundry.”

I have just spent many days in Washington, D.C. with 26 courageous and talented human rights defenders. Collectively they represent the 76 countries where it is illegal to be LGBT.

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RGOD2: Spreading the word on the road to Minneapolis and Indianapolis | VIDEO

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
July 6th, 2012

Last week, Bishop Christopher Senyonjo and I had an opportunity to relax in the home of Tim and Michael, two dear friends in Minnetonka, Minn. We had been on the road fighting for global equality for two weeks, so it was a time to do laundry, have lunch with my partner Mile (as he changed planes on his way to Europe to visit his family) and give some support to the local campaign for marriage equality.

We were interviewed by KFAI Radio and shared some of the background of the anti-LGBT campaign in Africa.

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RGOD2: Saluting the quiet army of people who make things happen

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
June 15th, 2012

“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” — Alan Alda

My life rolls out in the next six weeks as a kind of nomadic pilgrimage from San Diego ending in Washington, D.C. for the World AIDS Conference.

Tickets available for San Diego brunch with Bishop Christopher on June 16

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
June 14th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Globally recognized straight ally Bishop Christopher Senyonjo of Uganda will stop in San Diego on Saturday for a fundraising brunch at a private home in the San Diego neighborhood of Talmadge.

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RGOD2: And the archbishop wondered: Dildos for the widows of Uganda?

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
June 1st, 2012

Yona Okoth (pictured below) was the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda from 1984 to 1995. He described himself as “ just a man from the jungle” and rose from obscurity to head the 10 million member Church of Uganda representing a third of his country’s population.

I met him in 1991 when he asked for help to combat the spread of AIDS. He had an “AIDS conversion experience” in 1988 after he dramatically spoke at the Lambeth Conference of worldwide Anglican bishops.

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BREAKING NEWS: UN’s historic report supporting LGBT rights is getting widespread praise

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
December 15th, 2011

GENEVA, Switzerland – Gay-rights supporters and faith leaders from around the world are applauding the first-ever UN report that documents discrimination and violence against LGBT people around the world.

The historic report, issued today by the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), ambitiously recommends UN member states to use international human rights law “to end violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”