Non-Profit Soapbox

The Council for Global Equality is a coalition of prominent U.S.-based human rights and LGBTQI+ advocacy organizations that together encourage a clear U.S. voice for the human rights of LGBTQI+ communities around the world. Read our warning on the "Project 2025" agenda and its impact on LGBTQI+ communities.

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Trump’s Scapegoating of LGBTQI+ Persons: Over 100 Days of Shame

A calculated campaign of cruelty: using LGBTQI+ lives to justify dismantling the very systems meant to protect us all. The Trump Administration’s first 100 days provide a moment for reflection and commitment. The attacks on LGBTQI+ persons both domestically and globally have been unrelenting and unprecedented in these first months. Even more remarkably, the LGBTQI+ […]
Navigating Early Termination and Close-Out of U.S. Foreign Assistance Awards

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO), Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, that paused all foreign assistance disbursement and obligations to assess “programmatic efficiencies and consistency” with his foreign policy objectives. The foreign aid paused by this EO totaled more than $2 billion in foreign aid, […]
Visibility Shifts Narratives: Transgender Day of Visibility 2025

Today, March 31, we observe Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to celebrating the creativity, resilience, and contributions of transgender and gender diverse people around the world. We recently spoke with two dynamic trans activists — Diana Avdić, Executive Coordinator of kolekTIRV, Croatia’s leading transgender rights organization, and Daniyar Orsekov, TGEU’s Program Officer for […]