LGBT Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The Council for Global Equality posted a series of four blog posts on LGBT human rights issues and foreign policy over the past week. The posts touch on…
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Matters of the Heart
Our country increasingly has come to terms with the need for fairness toward LGBT Americans – and few have questioned the premise that LGBT human rights abuse, like…
Read moreAssistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Tom Malinowski and Ugandan Activist Frank Mugisha Respond to New York Times article “U.S. Support of Gay Rights in Africa May Have Done More Harm Than Good”
To the Editor: “American Support for Gay Rights May Leave Africans Vulnerable” (front page, Dec. 21) does a disservice to Africans and others around the world defending human…
Read moreNigerian activists respond to New York Times article “U.S. Support of Gay Rights in Africa May Have Done More Harm Than Good”
The Coalition for the Defense of Sexual Rights (CDSR) has issued a statement regarding the recent article published by New York Times alleging that US supports for LGBT…
Read moreCouncil for Global Equality Calls on U.S. Senators to Reject Legislation Abandoning Syrian Refugees
November 25 — Members of the Council for Global Equality today sent a letter to U.S. Senators calling on them to reject legislation, already passed in the House…
Read moreEngel Statement on Efforts to Advance LGBT Rights in Inter-American Development Bank Projects in the Americas
Press Statement from House Committee on Foreign Affairs Democratic Office WASHINGTON, DC—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following…
Read moreTwelve UN Agencies Issue Unprecedented Joint Statement on Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex People
Press statement from Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) In an unprecedented joint initiative, 12 UN agencies* today issued a powerful joint call to action…
Read moreUS government says it will now use the term ‘sexual rights’
Repost from the Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. government says it will begin using the term “sexual rights” in discussions of human rights and global development.…
Read moreWorld Bank: It’s Time to Stand Up to Economic Discrimination
The World Bank’s website professes two primary missions: to end poverty, on the one hand, and to “promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom…
Read moreUN Security Council Holds Inaugural Meeting on LGBT Issues
Repost from statement issued by U.S. Department of State Today, members of the UN Security Council held their first Arria-formula meeting on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) issues,…
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