DeMint wrong on gay rights
Repost from the Post and Courrier Written by Michael Guest, Senior Advisor to The Council for Global Equality The contrast could not be starker. In a Human Rights…
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Watch Ban Ki-moon tell leaders at the AU that they must respect gay rights
Read moreBan Ki-Moon: Africa Leaders Should Respect Gay Rights
Repost from Huffington Post ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says African nations should stop treating gays as “second-class citizens, or even criminals”. Ban told African…
Read moreImmigration Equality Hails New Government Training Module
Repost from Council Member: Immigration Equality For Immediate Release January 24, 2012 Contact: Steve Ralls (202) 347-7007 / sralls@immigrationequality.org Immigration Equality Hails New Government Training Module for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,…
Read moreCommunity Call with Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer
Join the Council for Global Equality on January 26 at 12 PM (EST) for a community briefing call with Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer, who will discuss the…
Read moreAchieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other MSM
Download Reports in PDF format below Full Report Executive Summary For Immediate Release Media Contact: Cub Barrett, Program Communications Manager (212) 806-1602 NEW YORK, January 18, 2012—Funding to…
Read moreHonduras is test of new U.S. policy on gay rights
Repost from the Miami Herald by Tim Johnson SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — From U.N. chambers to the halls of the State Department, global pressure on countries to protect…
Read moreUnited States Issues UN Report on Its Own Human Rights Conditions
On December 30, the United States submitted its fourth periodic report to the United Nations Committee on Human Rights concerning the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which…
Read moreKudos to Simpson Miller on gay rights
Repost from The Jamaica Gleaner This newspaper commends the leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, for her mature stand on whether gays could serve…
Read moreDignity For All: Reactions from LGBT and Human Rights Organizations
Repost from The Office of Public Engagement Earlier this week, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton articulated the first-ever U.S. Government strategy to direct all…
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