The Facts on LGBT Rights in Russia
In recent weeks, public attention to the ongoing crackdown on LGBT rights in the Russian Federation and its potential impact on the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014 has…
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House Members Urge Secretary Kerry to Protect LGBT People at 2014 Sochi Olympics
A bipartisan group of 87 House members have signed on to a letter asking Secretary Kerry, “what diplomatic measures the State Department is planning to take to ensure…
Read moreU.S. Says Visas From Gay Spouses Will Get Equal Treatment
Repost from Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – The United States will immediately begin considering visa applications of gay and lesbian spouses in the same manner as heterosexual couples, U.S.…
Read moreCivil Society Groups Condemn Increasing Homophobic and Transphobic Violence in the Caribbean
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and other civil society groups in the region are condemning increasing homophobic and transphobic violence in the Caribbean. CVC…
Read moreFree and Equal: A Global Public Education Campaign Combatting Homophobia and Transphobia
On 16 July, human rights defender and journalist Eric Lembembe was brutally tortured and murdered in Cameroon. Cases like these are reported far too often throughout the world.…
Read moreThe BAI denounces religious leaders’ march against Haiti’s LGBT community
Press Statement from Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) (Port-au-Prince, July 17, 2013) – As countries around the world acknowledge the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals to marry…
Read moreProcessing the Murder of Eric Ohena Lembembe
Repost from The Daily Beast An outspoken voice for gay rights was tortured and killed in Cameroon. Neela Ghoshal on her colleague Eric Lembembe’s legacy—and how the movement…
Read moreClear-eyed Support for LGBT Rights an Important Component of U.S. Human Rights Policy
At last month’s Pride celebration at the State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry made clear that he shares his predecessor’s clear-eyed support for LGBT rights as an…
Read moreAdvancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons Worldwide: A State Department Priority
Fact Sheet Bureau of Public Affairs June 28, 2013 “As Secretary, I join with my colleagues at our embassies, consulates and USAID missions around the world in saying…
Read morePresident Obama Comments on Yesterday’s DOMA Supreme Court Ruling
President Obama’s remarks at a joint press conference in Senegal, where after speaking about yesterday’s Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), he addressed the treatment…
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