Obama includes gays in Holocaust speech
Repost from The Washington Blade President Obama explicitly addressed the plight gay men faced during the Holocaust in a speech Monday urging that the atrocities of the genocide…
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New Report on LGBTI Refugees from ORAM
Rainbow Bridges, ORAM’s newest publication, shares the rare experience gained by ORAM during its yearlong pilot program assisting resettled LGBTI refugees in the San Francisco Bay Area. The…
Read moreUgandan LGBTI activist to seek support from Nobel laureates
Repost from The Windy City Times On April 22-25, Nobel Peace Prize laureates will gather in Chicago for the Nobel Summit, and Ugandan LGBTI activist Frank Mugisha will…
Read morePride March Support Statement by Ambassador John F. Tefft
March 2012- As Ambassador of the United States of America in Kyiv, I would like to express my support and the support of my country to all those who…
Read moreU.S. Amb. Ian Kelly Statement On LGBT Rights In Russian Federation And Moldova
Geneva, Switzerland Ambassador Ian Kelly March 22, 2012 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We take this moment to subscribe to the joint statement of Canada, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway…
Read moreLGBT Rights Upheld in Historic Inter-American Court Ruling
“Based on both American regional standards and international jurisprudence, the Court has ruled that LGBT people must live free from discrimination, whether as parents or in any other…
Read moreDeath and life in Iraq: Obama death cabs, vampires, Ministries, and murder
The following is a piece was written by Scott Long, visiting fellow at the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, for his blog Paper Bird If you want to know what…
Read morePillay presents groundbreaking UN study on violence, discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation
Watch the full Panel discussion on the issue of discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Statement by…
Read moreLGBTs have a voice in foreign affairs
Op-Ed as it appears in the Bay Area Reporter, written by The Council for Global Equality, Senior Advisor, Michael Guest When it comes to the rights of LGBT…
Read moreLiberia’s Senate to Consider Anti-Gay Bill
repost from New York Times Liberia’s Senate will consider a bill Thursday to strengthen the nation’s existing anti-gay laws, a senator said, as another West African nation, Cameroon,…
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