US State Department Briefing on LGBT Resolution at UN Human Rights Council
The following post is the transcript of a phone briefing held by the US State Department after the historic vote by the UN Human Rights Council on LGBT…
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Statement by the President on the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 17, 2011 Today, for the first time in history, the United Nations adopted a resolution dedicated…
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Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC June 17, 2011 Today, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the first ever UN resolution on the human…
Read moreStatement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, on the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Repost from U.S. Mission to the United Nations U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY June 17, 2011 FOR…
Read moreUN Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution Affirming that LGBT Rights are Human Rights
June 17, 2011—For the First time, the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva has adopted a resolution expressing concern at acts of violence and discrimination committed against lesbian,…
Read moreUN’s Human Rights Council to cast historic vote
The UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva is likely to vote tomorrow (Friday, June 17) on a formal resolution expressing concern at acts of violence and discrimination committed…
Read moreNo place for homophobia here
Repost from The Star (South Africa) by By Navi Pillay South Africa has given the world some powerful ideas – foremost among them the concept of the rainbow…
Read moreCommentary by Rev. Canon Albert Ogle: An eyewitness to homophobia, from Uganda to the UN
repost from SDGLN The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle – Special to SDGLN June 10th, 2011 Editor’s note: Albert Ogle writes: “This week, I travelled from Kampala, Uganda to…
Read morePresidential Proclamation–Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 31, 2011 Presidential Proclamation–Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month ——- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE…
Read moreRight-Wing Group Fuels Homophobia At The UN
Repost from Equality Matters The leader of a right-wing organization, who made a name for herself by pushing abstinence-only based programs in Africa and has ties to the…
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