The Department of State joins people around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. Forty-four years after Stonewall, we see incredible progress in…
Read moreRepost from The Washington Blade BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Roughly 30 activists from across Colombia attended a four-day training in the Colombian capital from May 30-June 2 designed to…
Read moreNigerian human rights defenders, individuals, and Civil society organizations have condemned the passage of the “Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill” passed in the Nigerian House of Representatives on May…
Read moreOn May 29, the Executive Board of the WHO, comprised of 34 member states, discussed an item titled “Improving the Health and Well-Being of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender…
Read morePeace Corps Press Statement Washington, D.C., May 21, 2013 – Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic…
Read moreGeneva, 15 May 2013 – The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has launched its 2013 issue of the state-sponsored homophobia report, a world survey…
Read moreThis week we join with the worldwide LGBT community in celebrating IDAHO – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. IDAHO is less known in the U.S. than…
Read moreRemarks Anne C. Richard Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Washington, DC May 7, 2013 Thank you, Mark, and thank you to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society…
Read moreWith the recent release of the State Department’s Human Rights Reports for 2012 (released in April 2013), the Council for Global Equality has compiled information from the reports…
Read moreRepost from The Economist American Christian zealots are fighting back against gay rights—abroad IT MIGHT seem only a nasty coincidence. As gay rights advance in the West—France and…
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