CGE Staff, Author at Council of Global Equality

Calling for Pride at State Department

The Council for Global Equality joined member organizations today to call on Secretary Pompeo to recognize LGBTI Pride month, despite his failure to do so last year. Pride…

Don’t miss our May 2020 Newsletter

A Call to Action for IDAHOBIT

May 17 – We’ve not yet seen whether the State Department will issue, this year, a statement celebrating “IDAHOBIT” — the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and…

State Department Human Rights Reports, Part III: Ghosting Reproductive Rights**

We can’t leave the subject of this year’s human rights country reports without noting, yet again, the failure of those reports to reference restrictions on reproductive rights practiced…

State Department Human Rights Reports, Part II: Undermining Trump’s Refugee Policies**

One of the more surprising aspects of this year’s country human rights reports, released in Washington last Wednesday, is that the State Department’s own findings undermine the Trump…

State Department Human Rights Reports: Is the Administration Pulling Its Punches?

While the country focuses on the rapid spread of coronavirus, and questions whether the Administration has done enough to slow that spread, another ongoing tragedy is worth both…

Mr. Pompeo’s Fraud

One of the Trump Administration’s most damnable traits has been its blatant disregard for human rights norms. The President’s embrace of the world’s worst dictators….withdrawal from the UN…

Human Rights Orgs Sue Sec. Pompeo for Unlawful Commission Designed to Redefine Human Rights, Undercut Universal Protections for Women, LGBTQI Individuals and Others

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 6, 2020 Unalienable Rights Commission Intent on Privileging Religious Freedom Over Other Rights, Appears Set to Provide Trump Administration Roadmap to Deny Equal…

CGE Newsletter – Global LGBTI Updates from Washington

Don’t miss our January 2020 Newsletter here.

Foote-Note

In holiday news you may have missed, the State Department quietly withdrew Daniel Foote, President Trump’s ambassador to Zambia, for angering Zambia’s president and cabinet. His misdeed? Trenchant…