Anti-Trans Bus Tour Is Not Very Welcome In Spanish Cities; Gay Rights As A Weapon In Nationalist War On Muslims; Global LGBT Recap

The Guardian had asked readers for nominations of LGBT rights activists who are making a difference; they’ve now published their LGBT change heroes for 2017. The list includes activists and political leaders from South Africa, Syria, Brazil, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey, Canada, the UK and USA, The group Parity organized an effort to have LGBT-affirming clergy offer Ash Wednesday ashes that had purple glitter mixed into them. When Parity came up with the idea of glitter ashes, some Christians, even liberal ones, objected to the concept, saying that joyful glitter doesn’t belong on Ash