Deteriorating Human Rights in The Gambia
May 3, 2016 – The Council for Global Equality joined 15 leading human rights organizations in writing to the State Department and the White House this week to…
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State Department Reports on Bias-Motivated Violence
April 21, 2016 – Last week, the State Department released its accounting of human rights abuses committed in 2015. As usual, this year’s human rights report offers disturbing pictures…
Read moreNigerian activists respond to New York Times article “U.S. Support of Gay Rights in Africa May Have Done More Harm Than Good”
The Coalition for the Defense of Sexual Rights (CDSR) has issued a statement regarding the recent article published by New York Times alleging that US supports for LGBT…
Read moreEmployee Plus One: Marriage and the War for Talent
By Michael Guest, Senior Advisor, The Council for Global Equality, as published in The Foreign Service Journal In 2001, I was sworn in as our country’s first Senate-confirmed,…
Read moreLGBT and Intersex Youth Issues in Development
In honor of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT), the Council for Global Equality is pleased to release the report from the 2014 Conference to…
Read moreWelcome Reception to Commemorate the Announcement of Randy Berry, First-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons
Secretary of State John Kerry is hosting a welcome reception to commemorate the announcement of Randy Berry as the first-ever Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT…
Read moreObama Administration Brings Global LGBTI Community Together to Advance Human Rights and Development
Repost from the White House blog Last month, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, where I work, co-hosted the third-annual Conference to…
Read moreTo consolidate an Obama legacy, entrench support for global LGBT rights
Repost from The Hill by Raymond Smith With attention increasingly turning to the legacy of the Obama administration, one area of civil rights seems sure to be viewed…
Read moreObama’s Evangelical Gravy Train
Repost from The Nation by Andy Kopsa Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice…
Read moreVideo: Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks at the GLIFAA Pride Event
If you cannot see the video please follow this link On June 19, Secretary of State, John Kerry addressed the audience at the LGBT+ Pride in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA)…
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