Gay Rights Are Human Rights
As posted on DipNote: U.S. Department of State Official Blog About the Author: Maria Otero serves as Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. I remember…
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U.S. Falls Behind Other Nations on LGBT Issues
Geneva, November 5 – A high-level US government delegation today defended the country’s human rights record before the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva. In preparation…
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 moreLGBT participation at the 2010 OSCE Review Conference Warsaw, Poland (video)
Mark Bromley, Council Chair of The Council for Global Equality as well as organizations such as ILGA-Europe, Campaign Against Homophobia-Poland, COC Netherlands and Genderdoc-Moldova are interviewed about sexual…
Read moreGay diplomat presses LGBT issues at int’l conference
Washington Blade | Chris Johnson | Oct 21, 2010 A gay diplomat led a U.S. delegation at an international conference earlier this month that touched on the importance…
Read moreSecretary Clinton participates in the “It Gets Better” Campaign
Read moreAre Multinational Corporations Caring More About Their LGBT Employees Around the World?
With a record number of global-themed workshops, this year’s out and equal summit marked rising concern for corporate America’s attention to equality in the workplace abroad. Fourteen sessions—ranging…
Read moreUNHCR Roundtable on Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of Their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
repost from http://www.state.gov Special Assistant Elizabeth Drew, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Washington, DC, October 1, 2010 Thank you. It’s an honor to…
Read moreDiscussion to Combat Hate Crimes and Promote Tolerance and Non-discrimination
Warsaw, Poland, October 6, 2010 – During a discussion of efforts to combat hate crimes and promote tolerance and non-discrimination at an international human rights conference…
Read moreIACHR Takes Case Involving Chile to the Inter-American Court
Repost – Interamerican Commission on Human Rights Washington, D.C., September 20, 2010 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed an application with the Inter-American Court of…
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