Repost from The New Civil Rights Movement by Tanya Domi Under Secretary of State Tara D. Sonenshine, who is the chief of public diplomacy and public affairs at the…
Read moreU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a video message for Pride Month. A text transcript can be found at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/06/192136.htm.
Read moreRepost from The Japan Times By AYAKO MIE, Staff writer The recent endorsement of gay marriage by U.S. President Barack Obama was a milestone for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
Read moreWashington, DC – May 25, 2012 – The Department of State’s 2011 Human Rights Report, released yesterday, catalogues an ongoing range of abuses and discriminatory treatment directed at…
Read moreOn 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…
Read moreIn 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 moreOp-Ed as it appears in the Bay Area Reporter, written by The Council for Global Equality, Senior Advisor, Michael Guest When it comes to the rights of LGBT…
Read moreU.S. assistance programs must, like overall U.S. foreign policy, be grounded in U.S. principles. We believe it a moral imperative that our assistance programs embrace the rights and…
Read moreA little green dot marks December 6 on our calendar for last year. That’s the day the President issued his Memorandum instructing all USG foreign affairs agencies to…
Read moreRepost from the Post and Courrier Written by Michael Guest, Senior Advisor to The Council for Global Equality The contrast could not be starker. In a Human Rights…
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