Press Statement from OAS LGBTI Core Group The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, and Uruguay, the members of the OAS LGBTI Core…
Read moreRepost from NPR Everyone knew President Obama would say something about gay rights when he made his visit to Kenya last summer. Many American activists were pressing him…
Read moreCouncil Chair Mark Bromley testified before the U.S. Congress in a hearing focused on “Human Rights Under Siege Worldwide.” The hearing was convened on the one-month anniversary of…
Read morePress Statement from coalition of civil society organizations UN human rights body establishes an Independent Expert (Geneva, June 30, 2016) In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council…
Read moreAmbassador Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations Washington, DC June 29, 2016 AS DELIVERED It’s amazing to be here…
Read moreLast weekend’s brutal massacre at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando is a stunning reminder that homophobic hatred continues to scar both our community and our country. Our hearts…
Read moreStatement in Arabic, Spanish, and French We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) movement share in the…
Read moreRepost from U.S. Department of State John Kerry, Secretary of State Washington, DC On International Day Against Homophoia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, we stand in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Read moreMay 3, 2016 – The Council for Global Equality joined 15 leading human rights organizations in writing to the State Department and the White House this week to…
Read moreRepost from the Washington Blade Former U.S. Ambassador to Romania Michael Guest on Monday spoke forcefully against the anti-immigrant rhetoric that many Republican presidential candidates have used on…
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