A Lone Activist Crusades for Change in Cameroon
Re-Post from the The Advocate By Andrew Harmon Civil rights attorney Alice Nkom is in an isolated fight for the west central African nation’s vulnerable gay community. Alice…
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Frank Mugisha receives the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights’ prestigious Human Rights Award today
Update: Watch Frank Mugisha accept the RFK Human Rights Award. November 10, 2011 – There are three things you need to know when Frank Mugisha receives the Robert…
Read moreSecretary Clinton “Creating an AIDS-free Generation”
Watch Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s address an audience at the National Institute of Health on working towards an AIDS-free generation. You can also read her remarks…
Read moreConstructive Debates on Conditionality
The Council has been encouraging constructive debate around the recent Statement of African social justice activists on conditionality in response to LGBTI-related human rights concerns in Africa and…
Read moreIACHR Creates Unit on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons
Press Release from Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Washington, D.C., November 3, 2011—During its 143rd regular session, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) decided to create…
Read moreUSAID ‘strongly encourages’ contractors to prohibit LGBT job bias
Repost from Washington Blade New policy implemented by the U.S. Agency for International Development “strongly encourages” businesses contracting with the organization to have non-discrimination policies in place for…
Read moreReflections on Frank Kameny’s Impact
By Amb. (ret.) Michael Guest, Senior Advisor, The Council for Global Equality Word of Frank Kameny’s death yesterday at age 86 seeped in slowly – less thunderbolt than…
Read moreRemembering LGBT Hate Crimes in October
October 7, 2011 – Thirteen years ago this week, Matthew Shepard was attacked and left to die on a deserted road in Laramie, Wyoming. The month of October,…
Read moreGlobal Post begins series on the global battle over LGBT rights
Global Post an international news publication has begin its series “The Rainbow Struggle: A Global Battle Over Gay Rights“. A team of four writers and photo journalists will…
Read moreAnti-Defamation League, GLSEN and StoryCorps Highlight LGBT History’s “Unheard Voices”
Guest blog from Council member Anti-Defamation League Written by: Scott Hirschfeld, Director of Curriculum and Sarah Woodbury, Operations and Field Outreach Coordinator, Government and National Affairs Office LGBT…
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