GLOBE Act Introduced in the Senate
See the Senate press release here. U.S. leadership on human rights was in evidence again today, on International Human Rights Day, when Senator Markey (D-Mass.), joined by Senators…
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Richard Spenser, Donald Trump, and Marshall Billingslea
Much of the attention surrounding President Trump’s ouster of Navy Secretary Richard Spenser has focused on Trump’s disregard for the order and discipline that Special Operations and other…
Read morePompeo’s Dangerously Misguided Human Rights Commission
Secretary Pompeo’s new “Commission on Unalienable Rights” met for five hours at the State Department yesterday to refocus our nation’s human rights policy on the principles contained in…
Read moreFirst Meeting of State Department’s Dangerous Commission on Unalienable Rights
This week, Secretary Pompeo’s new commission aimed at narrowing our country’s human rights advocacy to fit with the “natural law” and “natural rights” views of social and religious…
Read moreHomophobia at Pompeo’s State Department
Last month, Dr. Kiron Skinner disappeared from her job as Secretary Pompeo’s Director of Policy Planning, allegedly ousted over poor and abusive leadership that included use of homophobic…
Read moreA Call for Human Rights Submissions to U.S. Embassies
The Council for Global Equality urges LGBTI organizations and advocates around the world to submit human rights information to U.S. embassies for the State Department’s annual reports on…
Read moreRep. Titus Introduces GLOBE Act to Protect LGBTI Rights Worldwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2019 Contact: Kevin Gerson Kevin.Gerson@mail.house.gov Washington, D.C. – Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District introduced the Greater Leadership Overseas for…
Read moreProposed US Ambassador to UN in Geneva Would Undermine LGBTI Rights – As UN Votes to Renew Mandate of Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, US Senate Considers Extremist Ambassador Who Would Sabotage That Work
The UN Human Rights Council voted today to renew the mandate of its expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. The vote gives the UN the political and…
Read moreTrump Administration Torpedoes Human Rights at State Department
Earlier today, Secretary Pompeo formally launched a new commission aimed at narrowing our country’s human rights advocacy to fit with the “natural law” and “natural rights” views of…
Read moreNo Pride at State: 26 Human Rights and LGBTI Advocacy Groups Urge State Department to Clarify Policy Around Embassies and Dismantle ‘Natural Rights’ Commission
The Trump/Pence Administration’s exceptionally weak commitment to human rights and LGBTI rights just got a lot weaker. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has green-lighted a new “Commission on…
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