Global Equality Today (September 2023)
Happy Autumn! (Almost) True, neither the calendar nor the temperatures in D.C. quite reflect that fall is upon us. But we’re already diving into what will certainly be…
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A Conversation with David Cicilline, Global Equality Champion
Through his dozen years in Congress, Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) has been a steadfast champion for LGBTQI+ human rights through his leadership on the House Foreign Affairs Committee…
Read moreHouse LGBT Caucus Commends Foreign Affairs Committee Approval of Bipartisan Chechnya Resolution
Washington D.C.— The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus commended the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) for passing H.Res.351, a bipartisan resolution condemning the detention, torture, and murders of gay…
Read moreRos-Lehtinen, Engel, Issa, Cicilline, Royce, and Smith Introduce Bipartisan Resolution on Violence in Chechnya
May 23, 2017 (Washington, DC) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, made the following statement after introducing…
Read moreEngel Sends Bipartisan Letter to USAID Urging Funding for LGBT Rights in Central America
Press Statement from Rep. Eliot L. Engel MARCH 12, WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative Eliot L. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was joined by Reps.…
Read moreTammy Baldwin, Susan Collins, David Cicilline and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Pen Op-Ed “Human Rights Issues Pollute Olympic Spirit”
Repost from USA Today Host countries should promote tolerance. IOC failed on this principle in picking Russia. On Friday, the world will come together to open the Olympic…
Read moreSixty-two Members of Congress Call on the Ukrainian Parliament to Reject Anti-LGBT Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), Joe Crowley (NY-14) and David Cicilline (RI-1) led a bipartisan letter to the Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament expressing…
Read moreCommittee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress adopts LGBT provision
July 20, 2001—The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress adopted an amendment late on Thursday calling on “the Secretary of State to discourage foreign governments from…
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