Chantale Wong Becomes America’s First Lesbian Ambassador
February 8, 2022 – Today, the United States Senate confirmed Chantale Wong as U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with the rank of ambassador. With…
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Looking Back on the Biden Administration’s First Year of Global LGBTQI Engagement
February 4, 2022 – A year ago today, President Biden signed the “Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around…
Read moreWebinar Explaining LGBTQI Report Cards
December 7, 2021 – The Council for Global Equality hosted a webinar on the margins of the Summit for Democracy to measure the extent to which countries attending…
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December 6, 2021 – The Biden Administration is hosting a Summit for Democracy this week and the Council for Global Equality scored the 110 countries that have been…
Read moreCelebrating the Release of First Non-Binary U.S. Passport
October 27, 2021 – The Council for Global Equality today celebrates the State Department’s announcement that it has issued the very first U.S. passport with a non-binary X…
Read moreWhy Are U.S. Embassies Prohibited from Explaining Our Country’s Embrace of the Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples as a Fundamental Human Right?
October 20, 2021 – This week, sixty-one House Democrats led by Representatives Castro, Cicilline, and Titus sent a letter to the State Department calling for an end its…
Read moreTen-Point Plan to Protect LGBTQI Afghan Refugees
September 9, 2021 – Organizations specializing in support for LGBTQI refugees released a letter today calling on the Biden Administration to adopt an urgent, ten-point plan to protect…
Read moreThe Passing of Ambassador Jim Hormel
The Council for Global Equality adds these reflections to those offered by others on last week’s passing of Jim Hormel. The Council’s work is guided by the belief…
Read moreLong Overdue Milestone Achieved: The Exceptional Nomination of Chantale Wong
July 2, 2021 – The United States of America has finally nominated its first open lesbian for an Ambassador-ranked position, almost 30 years after our first openly gay…
Read moreWhite House Announces New Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
June 25, 2021 – The Council for Global Equality congratulates Jessica Stern, tapped by the White House to serve as the State Department’s next Special Envoy for the Human Rights…
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