December 2018 Newsletter
** The Council for Global Equality respectfully offers this edition of “Global Equality Today” – a periodic newsletter to inform Hill staff of priority policy issues impacting LGBTI…
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The Council for Global Equality calls on Congress to support DREAMERS
An estimated 75,000 DREAMERs are believed to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. As important as the DREAM Act is to our country’s humanitarian values and image, it’s…
Read moreSen. Markey & Rep. Lowenthal Introduce Legislation Affirming U.S. Commitment to International LGBT Rights
Press Statement from the office of Senator Edward J. Markey Washington (January 29, 2015) – In the wake of President Obama’s commitment in the State of the Union to…
Read moreTierney Introduces Bipartisan International Human Rights Defense Act
From the Office of John F. Tierney Bill would make LGBT equality a critical U.S. international human rights priority WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA),…
Read moreHouse Members Urge Secretary Kerry to Protect LGBT People at 2014 Sochi Olympics
A bipartisan group of 87 House members have signed on to a letter asking Secretary Kerry, “what diplomatic measures the State Department is planning to take to ensure…
Read moreThe Immigration Bill: What’s There, What’s Missing & What’s Next
Repost from Immigration Equality This afternoon, the long-anticipated comprehensive immigration reform bill from the Senate’s “Gang of 8” will finally be introduced. It is a big, complex piece of…
Read moreCalling for Basic Freedoms of Speech and Assembly for LGBT Moldovan Citizens
On July 3, thirty members of the United States House of Representatives—both Republican and Democrat—sent letters to Moldova’s Prime Minister and to the President of the Moldovan Parliament.…
Read moreCalling for the Rejection of Shocking Anti-Semitism and Homophobia Advocated by Right Wing Hungarian Political Party
(Washington, D.C.) –Today, Rep. Joe Crowley (NY-7), along with 49 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, sent a letter to Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban strongly…
Read moreCommittee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress adopts LGBT provision
July 20, 2001—The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. Congress adopted an amendment late on Thursday calling on “the Secretary of State to discourage foreign governments from…
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…
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