Hope and Fear for LGBTQI Asylum-Seekers at the U.S.-Mexico Border
May 12, 2022 — Last week the Council for Global Equality hosted five members of Congress on a tour of two shelters for LGBTQI asylum-seekers in Tijuana, Mexico.…
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Title 42 Must Be Repealed to Protect LGBTQI and Other Vulnerable Refugees
April 21, 2022 – The Council for Global Equality welcomes the Biden Administration’s long overdue decision to end the use of Title 42, the discredited public health provision…
Read morePolicing Fashion and Freedom in Nigeria
April 21, 2022 – These are not easy days in Nigeria. Amid a global pandemic and severe inflation that have forced many Nigerians into untold hardship, there are…
Read moreCelebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility
March 31, 2022 – On this fourteenth International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), we are delighted to celebrate today’s breaking news that the U.S. State Department is making…
Read moreGlobal Equality Today Newsletter
March 28, 2022 — Our periodic newsletter has a roundup of U.S. global engagement to support the human rights of LGBTQI communities abroad. It is also available online…
Read moreConfirm Dr. John Nkengasong as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
March 24, 2022 – Last September, the White House offered its nomination of Dr. John Nkengasong to serve as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to…
Read moreThe Urgency of the LGBTQI Refugee Crisis
March 9, 2022 – Six months ago, the Council for Global Equality, along with five of its members and allies, wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to…
Read moreLesbian Leaders in Diplomacy
March 8, 2022 – To mark International Women’s Day, and following the confirmation of Ambassador Chantale Wong, our country’s first open lesbian ambassador, we want to celebrate rising…
Read moreStanding with Ukraine’s LGBTQI+ Community and Other Vulnerable Groups as Conflict Escalates
March 2, 2022 – Last week, as Russian forces launched a brutal invasion of Ukraine, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Read moreHouse Passes Global Respect Act, First Global LGBTQI Bill
February 9, 2022 – The Council for Global Equality (CGE) congratulates Rep. Cicilline, Rep. Fitzpatrick and the House of Representatives for passing the Global Respect Act (H.R. 3485),…
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