Ending the Lavender Scare
On May 1, Senator Menendez introduced legislation to mitigate the consequences of the “Lavender Scare” – the1950’s-era witch hunt that resulted in the dismissal of hundreds of State…
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The Equal Rights Coalition Gains Momentum on the Global Stage
Created two years ago at an international conference in Uruguay, the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) is a new intergovernmental coalition of 40 governments and leading civil society and…
Read moreState Department Retains LGBTI Special Envoy: What Does It Mean? Will it Respond to Global Call from LGBT Advocates?
Last week’s Congressional notification that the Trump Administration has decided not to abolish the LGBTI human rights Special Envoy position was an unexpected surprise. We know there are…
Read moreCouncil for Global Equality Releases Human Rights Rebuke in Advance of Trump-Putin Meeting this Week
Leading human rights and LGBT organizations in the Council for Global Equality wrote to Secretary Tillerson to express outrage at the Administration’s continued denigration of the value that…
Read moreUSAID Nominee Should Affirm that Investments in LGBT Development Have Real Impact
President Trump has nominated Ambassador Mark Green as the new Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Council looks forward to his confirmation hearing, where…
Read moreStatement from U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Reports of Detentions and Killings in Chechnya
Statement from Ambassador Nikki Haley We continue to be disturbed by reports of kidnapping, torture, and murder of people in Chechnya based on their sexual orientation and those…
Read moreWhen The U.S. Backs Gay And Lesbian Rights In Africa, Is There A Backlash?
Repost from NPR Everyone knew President Obama would say something about gay rights when he made his visit to Kenya last summer. Many American activists were pressing him…
Read moreMark Bromley Testifies Before the U.S. Congress
Council Chair Mark Bromley testified before the U.S. Congress in a hearing focused on “Human Rights Under Siege Worldwide.” The hearing was convened on the one-month anniversary of…
Read moreDiversity In All of its Forms is a Shared Civic Value
Last weekend’s brutal massacre at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando is a stunning reminder that homophobic hatred continues to scar both our community and our country. Our hearts…
Read moreDeteriorating 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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