SOGI Mandate Safeguarded in Face of Hostility
Joint Civil Society Press Statement 21 November 2016 (New York) — The United Nations mandate of the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) has been…
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OAS LGBTI Core Group Welcomes Supreme Court Decision on Consensual Private Sexual Acts Between Adults in Belize
Press Statement from OAS LGBTI Core Group The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, and Uruguay, the members of the OAS LGBTI Core…
Read moreWhen The U.S. Backs Gay And Lesbian Rights In Africa, Is There A Backlash?
Repost from NPR Everyone knew President Obama would say something about gay rights when he made his visit to Kenya last summer. Many American activists were pressing him…
Read moreHouse LGBT Caucus Remembers Slain Turkish Transgender Activist Hande Kader
Press Statement – Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus Washington, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus mourned the senseless murder of 22-year-old Turkish transgender activist Hande Kader and called on the…
Read moreMark Bromley Testifies Before the U.S. Congress
Council Chair Mark Bromley testified before the U.S. Congress in a hearing focused on “Human Rights Under Siege Worldwide.” The hearing was convened on the one-month anniversary of…
Read moreUnited Nations Makes History on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Press Statement from coalition of civil society organizations UN human rights body establishes an Independent Expert (Geneva, June 30, 2016) In a defining vote, the United Nations Human Rights Council…
Read moreRemarks by Ambassador Samantha Power at the White House Dialogue on Global LGBT Human Rights
Ambassador Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations Washington, DC June 29, 2016 AS DELIVERED It’s amazing to be here…
Read moreDiversity In All of its Forms is a Shared Civic Value
Last weekend’s brutal massacre at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando is a stunning reminder that homophobic hatred continues to scar both our community and our country. Our hearts…
Read moreLGBTQ Organizations Call for Unity in the Wake of Orlando Shooting
Statement in Arabic, Spanish, and French We the undersigned organizations working on the front lines of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) movement share in the…
Read moreU.S. Department of State Commemorates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT)
Repost from U.S. Department of State John Kerry, Secretary of State Washington, DC On International Day Against Homophoia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, we stand in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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