Secretary Clinton To Release Annual Human Rights Reports
On May 24, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner will release the 2011 Country Reports on Human…
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Winners of the Human Rights Defenders Award
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 18, 2012 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and…
Read moreStrengthening Protection for LGBT Refugees
Council Chair Mark Bromley moderated a panel at an event hosted by The Council for Global Equality, The Human Rights Campaign, and Human Rights First marking International Day Against Homophobia and…
Read moreInternational Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
IDAHO is celebrated worldwide to commemorate the date, May 17, 1990, when homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization. The Council…
Read moreCouncil Releases NGO Guide to Human Rights
In Recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO): Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 – The Council released a new NGO guide, Accessing U.S. Embassies:…
Read moreAnalysis: The global impact of Obama’s support for gay marriage
The president’s decision represents a “next generation” for whom LGBT equality is a given. May 10, 2012–As an LGBT rights advocate, I have experienced so many proud moments…
Read moreEight Months in Solitary
Repost from The Advocate by Andrew Harmon A few days after Christmas last year, Ruby Corado, a longtime transgender activist in Washington, D.C., received a telephone call while…
Read moreLGBT Human Rights Abuse Under the New “Homosexual Propaganda” Law Continues in St. Petersburg
Repost from Coming Out St. Petersburg May 1, 2012–17 LGBT activists of St. Petersburg were arrested for carrying rainbow flags as part of the May 1st civil rights and freedom…
Read moreU.S. Embassy and Blue Diamond Society Partner to Make Disaster Risk Reduction LGBTI-Inclusive
April 27, 2012– The U.S. Embassy partnered with the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights organization at a workshop this morning to discuss…
Read moreNew Report on LGBTI Refugees from ORAM
Rainbow Bridges, ORAM’s newest publication, shares the rare experience gained by ORAM during its yearlong pilot program assisting resettled LGBTI refugees in the San Francisco Bay Area. The…
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