Press Statement from the office of Senator Edward J. Markey Washington (January 29, 2015) – In the wake of President Obama’s commitment in the State of the Union to…
Read moreRepost from the Washington Blade More than a dozen LGBT advocacy groups on Friday called upon the Obama administration ban Gambian officials responsible for human rights abuses from…
Read moreA group of 24 leading LGBT rights advocates from every region of the world sent a joint letter to President Obama in late December asking him to stand…
Read moreRepost from BuzzFeed The United States on Tuesday dropped The Gambia from a popular free trade agreement in response to a crackdown on LGBT rights and other human…
Read moreRepost from AlJazeera.com On Oct. 9, longtime Gambian President Yahya Jammeh quietly signed into law a new bill that carries a penalty of life imprisonment for “aggravated homosexuality.”…
Read moreRepost from the White House blog Last month, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, where I work, co-hosted the third-annual Conference to…
Read moreRepost from The Hill by Raymond Smith With attention increasingly turning to the legacy of the Obama administration, one area of civil rights seems sure to be viewed…
Read moreToday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unanimously voted in favor of adopting “Proposal 14” of the Olympic Agenda 2020. This vote will add non-discrimination language regarding sexual orientation in…
Read morePress Statement from ORAM The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark decision on assessing the credibility of sexual minority asylum seekers. In A,…
Read moreRepost from Huffington Post by Maria Burnett (Human Rights Watch) In February, the World Bank delayed a $90 million loan for health care in Uganda out of concern…
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