Kudos to Simpson Miller on gay rights
Repost from The Jamaica Gleaner This newspaper commends the leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, for her mature stand on whether gays could serve…
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Dignity For All: Reactions from LGBT and Human Rights Organizations
Repost from The Office of Public Engagement Earlier this week, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton articulated the first-ever U.S. Government strategy to direct all…
Read moreUnited Nations releases report “Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity”
December 15, 2011–The United Nations today released a groundbreaking report, titled simply “Discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and…
Read moreHilary Clinton’s landmark Human Rights Day speech
Op Ed by Julie Dorf, Senior Advisor, The Council for Global Equality As I listened to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s landmark Human Rights Day speech last…
Read moreA Changed U.S. State Department
By former U.S. ambassador to Romania and Senior Advisor to The Council for Global Equality, Michael Guest Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s December 6 Geneva speech on…
Read moreLGBT Activists from Around the World React to Secretary Clinton’s Speech
December 9, 2011 – For this historic moment in the LGBT movement, the Council for Global Equality was privileged to bring 14 prominent LGBT activists from around the…
Read moreCouncil Applauds Clinton Speech and White House Announcement in Support of Human Rights for All
Secretary Clinton made a powerful case today at the UN in Geneva for why the respect and fair treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people worldwide…
Read moreSecretary Clinton’s December 6 Human Rights Address
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 5, 2011 In recognition of Human Rights Day, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver a human rights…
Read moreBerman Condemns Nigerian Assault On LGBT Rights
Press Statement from Congressman Howard L. Berman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 CONTACT: Gabby Adler Gabby.Adler@mail.house.gov 202.225.8110, office 202.215.4509, cell Berman Condemns Nigerian Assault On LGBT…
Read moreA Lone Activist Crusades for Change in Cameroon
Re-Post from the The Advocate By Andrew Harmon Civil rights attorney Alice Nkom is in an isolated fight for the west central African nation’s vulnerable gay community. Alice…
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