Secretary Clinton Delivers a Video Message for Pride Month
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a video message for Pride Month. A text transcript can be found at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/06/192136.htm.
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“Discrimination hampers development” – Commissioner Piebalgs launches a new initiative to fight discrimination in developing countries
Press Release from the European Commission Brussels, 01 June 2012 – EU Commissioner Piebalgs today unveiled the launch of a new €20 million package to help fight against any…
Read moreActivist discusses impact of Obama’s gay marriage support
Repost from The Japan Times By AYAKO MIE, Staff writer The recent endorsement of gay marriage by U.S. President Barack Obama was a milestone for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
Read moreUS troops take part in LGBT Pride Month reception at US Embassy in Tokyo
Repost from Stars and Stripes TOKYO — Master Sgt. Marc Maschhoff revels in the turns his life has taken in the last year. Last summer, Maschhoff had to…
Read morePersecution of all, not selected, groups should be condemned
Repost from the Charlotte Observer From Michael Guest, a former Bush Administration ambassador who advises the Council for Global Equality, a coalition of human rights and LGBT advocacy groups.…
Read moreOut of Harm’s Way
Repost from The Advocate NEARLY SIX MONTHS AGO, the White House unveiled a global blueprint for promoting and protecting the rights of LGBT individuals, countless numbers of whom…
Read moreRemarks on Anti-Semitism and Human Rights for LGBT People for the Cream City Foundation
Repost from State.gov By Hannah Rosenthal Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 30, 2012 As a child of a Holocaust survivor, anti-Semitism is something very personal…
Read moreWidespread Pattern of Abuses Against LGBT People Worldwide
Washington, DC – May 25, 2012 – The Department of State’s 2011 Human Rights Report, released yesterday, catalogues an ongoing range of abuses and discriminatory treatment directed at…
Read moreRights body has finally stood up for gays and lesbians
repost from Daily Nation by Makau Mutua Makau Mutua is Dean and SUNY Distinguished Professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School and Chair of the KHRC. I’ve been pilloried…
Read moreSecretary Clinton To Release Annual Human Rights Reports
On May 24, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner will release the 2011 Country Reports on Human…
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