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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Governments and Human Rights
The Council pays particular attention to the role that foreign governments play, or fail to play, in preserving and advancing the rights of their LGBT citizens. In our…
Read moreLGBT Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy
A December 20 New York Times story alleged that U.S. attention to discrimination and hate crimes against LGBT people in Nigeria had worsened, in fact, their plight. Others…
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 moreOp-Ed “Demonizing Gays in Africa”
Repost from the New York Times, By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As acceptance of gays and lesbians has grown in the United States and Europe, intolerance and persecution has been rising…
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