Defend, Delay, Litigate: Resisting the New Authoritarianism
Over the course of the first two weeks of the second Trump administration, we’ve seen the Project 2025 agenda for autocratic rule rolled out with remarkable precision. Yes,…
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The Perilous Impact of Democratic Backsliding on LGBTQI+ Communities
Democratic backsliding, the gradual erosion of democratic norms and institutions, poses a dire threat to the fabric of societies worldwide. Among the most vulnerable to this insidious process…
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“We closed the doors, but it didn’t help. LGBT people in Russia have become extremists”
Guest post from Yaroslav Rasputin, Parni PLUS (Guys PLUS) There’s a scared young man inside the cage that holds defendants in the Russian courts. Soon, he will be…
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Fleeing for Identity: The Plight of LGBTQI+ Refugees and the Welcome Corps Initiative
The journey of fleeing one’s homeland is riddled with adversity for all individuals. But for those who identify as LGBTQI+, escaping persecution rooted in their sexual orientation or…
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Global Equality Today: March 2024
As we write here in Washington, D.C., spring has arrived. Clocks have sprung forward, cherry blossoms have just peaked, and pollen allergies are back with a vengeance. Temperatures…
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Project 2025: A Clear and Present Danger to Democracy
Click here for CGE’s fact sheet on the dangers Project 2025 poses to LGBTQI+ people. “The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard…
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Don’t Sell Out LGBTQI+ Refugees & Asylum Seekers
According to numerous media reports, Senate and White House negotiators are very close to announcing a deal that would swap Democratic votes for permanent changes to the U.S.…
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The War in Gaza Impacts All of Us and Democracy Too
By Julie Dorf, Co-Chair of the Council for Global Equality (January 11, 2024) As a leader in the LGBTQI+ movement and Co-chair of the U.S.-based foreign policy organization…
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Weaponization of the Pride Flag
As we celebrate Human Rights Day on December 10th, we are happy to see the continuing progress of our movement, as more and more governments, civil society organizations,…
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Ubuntu for LGBTQI+ Africans
In recent years, several African nations have enacted legislation to expand the criminalization of homosexuality. These laws pose a grave threat to the lives and freedoms of LGBTQI+…
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