Rep. Eliot Engel Statement on Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill
“To be clear, the passage of this legislation is a stain on the human rights record of Uganda, and appears to be part of a troubling trend of…
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Uganda Passes Odious Anti-LGBT Law
The Council for Global Equality joins our colleagues in Uganda and around the world in condemning the adoption today of a harsh, anti-gay law that sentences LGBT Ugandans…
Read moreAdvocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians
The Arcus Foundation, the Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund in November to provide financial support directly…
Read morePresident Obama Announces Presidential Delegations to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of Presidential Delegations to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian Federation. Presidential Delegation…
Read moreIndia’s Gay-Rights Movement Rises Up After Supreme Court Criminalizes Homosexuality
Repost from Time A controversial Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday morning that reinstated an archaic colonial law criminalizing homosexuality incited outrage among activists and gay-rights supporters in India. Hundreds gathered at…
Read moreIndia Supreme Court Upholds Sodomy Law
Repost from BuzzFeed by J. Lester Feder The top court in the world’s second-largest nation says it’s up to parliament to decide on undoing the law criminalizing same-sex…
Read moreFor LGBT Donors, Russia Is The New Marriage
Repost from BuzzFeed, by J. Lester Feder Can the strategies that turned the U.S. LGBT movement into a money machine work when the fight goes abroad? Melissa Etheridge headlined…
Read moreU.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks at a Roundtable Strategy Session on International LGBT Rights
As delivered by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations I’d like to welcome you to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and I’d…
Read moreThe History of LGBT Rights at the United Nations
For Human Rights Day, the OHCHR Free & Equal campaign released a new video that traces the evolution of the LGBT rights debate at the UN. It’s a…
Read moreHuman Rights: Advancing American Interests and Values
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice addressed the participants of the Human Rights First 2013 Summit in Washington DC yesterday, in her speech Amb. Rice stressed that advancing…
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