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The United States Government Submits Its Report to the UN for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

August 23, 2010 – Today the United States released its self-evaluating Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council outlining human rights conditions in…

Editor’s Letter: Working toward making international human rights a bigger priority.

From The Advocate September 2010 By Jon Barrett When news of Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill broke last year, there was a sense of—in my head at least—There…

Mexican States Ordered to Honor Gay Marriages

repost from the New York Times | By DAVID AGREN | published on August 10, 2010 MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that each of…

Statement by the President on UN Accreditation of the ILGHRC

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 19, 2010 Statement by the President on UN Accreditation of the ILGHRC I welcome this…

Remarks by Ambassador Rosemary A. DiCarlo, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, during an Economic and Social Council Debate on the Accreditation of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

Rosemary A. DiCarlo Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY July 19, 2010 AS DELIVERED Mr. President, for over 20…

United Nations Grants Official Status to U.S.-based International LGBT Rights Group

repost from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) A victory against homophobic silencing of civil society 07/19/2010 For Immediate Release Press Contacts: Sara Perle, New…

LGBT, Immigration, Civil Rights and Faith Groups Praise Congress for United Effort to End Discrimination Against Lesbian & Gay Binational Families

July 15, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Ralls (202) 347-7007 / sralls (at) imeqactionfund.org WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of organizations and leaders from the lesbian, gay,…

Council for Global Equality Criticized in The Advocate for Airing Domestic Inequities at UN

The August edition of The Advocate, which hit newsstands yesterday, has an article by James Kirchick that criticizes the Council for submitting information to the United Nations for…

Ugandan Human Rights Activist Focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Advocacy in the United States, Visits Washington, D.C., Louisville, and Salt Lake City

U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC July 9, 2010 Ugandan Human Rights Activist Focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Advocacy in the United…

LGBT trends in Africa

In the context of Secretary Clinton’s recent speech on LGBT rights, where she emphatically declared that “gay rights are human rights” and welcomed four LGBT activists from Africa…