St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle, Bill Kowba chosen for 2012 San Diego Equality Awards

SDGLN Staff
July 28th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle and St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation will be honored with the Pride in Action Award at Equality California's 2012 San Diego Equality Awards.

Superintendent Bill Kowba and the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) will be bestowed with the Equality California Leadership Award.

Gay actor Wilson Cruz ("My So-Called Life" and "Noah's Arc") will host the affair from 4 to 7 pm Saturday, Aug. 25, at the home of Joyce Rowland and Pamela Morgan in the Rancho Santa Fe community of San Diego. Leftover Cuties will provide the music.

Faith leaders, rights activists blast Uganda’s "baseless" raid

Colin Stewart - Blogger at Erasing 76 Crimes
June 22nd, 2012

The Ugandan police raid on a human rights meeting on June 18 not only had “no basis whatsoever in law” but also encourages violence against LGBT people, international human rights groups and faith-based advocates say.

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RGOD2: The Gospel according to Carey, the overtly homophobic edition

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

Weighing in on the former Archbishop of Canterbury’s support of ex-gay therapy, I am reminded of a quote from Albert Einstein:

“You can never solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created the problem in the first place.”

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RGOD2: Remembering David Kato, a light shining in the darkness

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
January 27th, 2012

David Kato’s murder has left an indelible scar in the hearts of LGBT people everywhere in the same way Matthew Shepard's killing "pulled back the curtains for a while" on the darkness of global homophobia.

Kato’s death wounded us collectively. But the wound is healing.The mark of authentic Christianity is not in the prosperity gospel or in packed churches but in always experienced in the wounds of the one Risen One. Jesus shows his disciples his scars as proof of his authenticity.

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Compass to Compassion: Local editor to participate in global LGBT equality conference in NYC

Morgan M. Hurley - SDGLN Assistant Editor
October 10th, 2011

NEW YORK – This week close to a hundred LGBT activists, members of the LGBT media and a group of progressive, liberal faith leaders and secular officials will gather in New York City to address LGBT rights on a global scale.

Dubbed “Compass to Compassion – discovering a common way to LGBT global equality,” the two day conference will be the third meeting of its kind.
The event will be held at the Union Theological Seminary in the Upper West Side, an organization that is affiliated with Columbia University.

COMMENTARY: An eyewitness to homophobia, from Uganda to the UN

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - Special to SDGLN
June 10th, 2011

Editor’s note: Albert Ogle writes: “This week, I travelled from Kampala, Uganda to the United Nations where the global community is debating its priorities for HIV in the next five years. My week began with the homophobic celebration of Ugandan Martyrs Day in Kampala, talking and working with the persecuted LGBT community and praying at the grave of David Kato. It has ended in the UN General Assembly where the role and existence of the LGBT global community is not only questioned but has not even been mentioned in the draft Declaration that will be voted upon this Friday.”