Honduras is test of new U.S. policy on gay rights
Repost from the Miami Herald by Tim Johnson SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect…
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Remembering 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 moreHuman Rights Reports 2011, Congressional Briefing
The Council for Global Equality on Friday participated in a Congressional briefing hosted by the LGBT Equality Caucus to mark the release of the U.S. State Department’s annual…
Read moreThe Global Gay Rights Battlefields
In an article by Max Strasser in the December 20, 2010 issue of Foreign Policy Magazine the author highlights the LGBT rights battles taking shape in countries has…
Read moreAmbassador Michael Guest Interview at the 2010 OSCE Review Conference Warsaw, Poland (video)
From the U.S. Mission to the OSCE As the OSCE Review Conference drew to a close, Head of the U.S. Delegation, Ambassador Michael Guest, talks about the role…
Read moreThe Council for Global Equality and HRC submit report to United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
As posted on HRC Action. April 23, 2010 Earlier this week, HRC, as a member of the Council for Global Equality, submitted a report to the United Nations…
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