MCV.e-p.net.au – by Maxine Clarke
Part one of a two-part global A-Z of the good, the bad and the indifferent, by Maxine Clarke.
Across the globe, an organised army of queer heroes and queer haters fight on the front line of the war for equality. MCV’s A-Z of Heroes and Haters looks at some of the usual – and unusual – suspects.
Angelo Bagnasco: the anti-gay head of the Italian Conference of Catholic Bishops who frequently publicly incites prejudice towards the Italian queer community and openly equates homosexuality with incest and pedophilia. Hater.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton: retired Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, whose active involvement in the gay rights movement earns widespread criticism from colleagues within the Catholic Church. Hero.