Reflections on Frank Kameny’s Impact
By Amb. (ret.) Michael Guest, Senior Advisor, The Council for Global Equality Word of Frank Kameny’s death yesterday at age 86 seeped in slowly – less thunderbolt than…
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Ugandan First Lady behind the Anti-Homosexuality bill
Repost from the Daily Moniter The First Lady Ms Janet Museveni, was behind the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, US Ambassador to Uganda, Jerry Lanier, said in a leaked diplomatic cable.…
Read moreKeynote by Deputy Assistant Secretary Baer To the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
repost from HumanRights.gov Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Daniel B. Baer August 26, 2011 Thank you very much for that introduction.…
Read moreState Department Briefs Congress on International LGBT Rights
August 3, 2011 – State Department officials today briefed the LGBT Equality Caucus in the U.S. Congress on their foreign policy efforts to promote fundamental human rights for…
Read moreU.S. Condemns Violent Disruption of Protests in Malawi
July 21, 2011 For immediate release and posting: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson STATEMENT BY HEIDE BRONKE FULTON, ACTING DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON U.S. Condemns Violent Disruption…
Read moreBipartisan Support for Secretary Clinton’s Leadership on International LGBT Rights
June 28, 2011—Leaders of the LGBT Equality Caucus and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Clinton…
Read moreWatch Secretary Clinton’s Remarks at Event Celebrating LGBT Pride Month
Read moreMarking Progress for LGBT Americans in Foreign Affairs
Repost from Dipnote (The State Department Blog) Curtis Ried is a Political Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. For more information on the work of…
Read moreJoin the Pride Month Celebration with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Monday, June 27, 2011 at approximately 10:25 a.m. and will be streamed live on http://www.state.gov. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks on “The Human Rights…
Read morePamela Bridgewater, US Ambassador to Jamaica Op Ed on Homophobia
Reposted from The Gleaner Promote equality THE EDITOR, Sir: Having served at home and around the world in the foreign service of the United States for more than…
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