Winners of the Human Rights Defenders Award
U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 18, 2012 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and…
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International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
IDAHO is celebrated worldwide to commemorate the date, May 17, 1990, when homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization. The Council…
Read moreCouncil Releases NGO Guide to Human Rights
In Recognition of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO): Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 – The Council released a new NGO guide, Accessing U.S. Embassies:…
Read moreAnalysis: The global impact of Obama’s support for gay marriage
The president’s decision represents a “next generation” for whom LGBT equality is a given. May 10, 2012–As an LGBT rights advocate, I have experienced so many proud moments…
Read moreLGBT Human Rights Abuse Under the New “Homosexual Propaganda” Law Continues in St. Petersburg
Repost from Coming Out St. Petersburg May 1, 2012–17 LGBT activists of St. Petersburg were arrested for carrying rainbow flags as part of the May 1st civil rights and freedom…
Read moreU.S. Embassy and Blue Diamond Society Partner to Make Disaster Risk Reduction LGBTI-Inclusive
April 27, 2012– The U.S. Embassy partnered with the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) rights organization at a workshop this morning to discuss…
Read moreVideo: President Obama on “Never Again” at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Full transcript of the speech is available at here.
Read moreObama 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…
Read moreNew 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…
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