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…
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HHS is First Federal Agency to Prohibit Discrimination in Services in Overseas Contracts
As of February 1, 2016, all foreign entities that enter into contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (which includes the National Institutes of Health…
Read moreLGBT Human Rights and Foreign Policy
The Council for Global Equality posted a series of four blog posts on LGBT human rights issues and foreign policy over the past week. The posts touch on…
Read moreMatters of the Heart
Our country increasingly has come to terms with the need for fairness toward LGBT Americans – and few have questioned the premise that LGBT human rights abuse, like…
Read moreGovernments and Human Rights
The Council pays particular attention to the role that foreign governments play, or fail to play, in preserving and advancing the rights of their LGBT citizens. In our…
Read moreThe State of LGBT Rights Abroad
The three-month-late State Department release of the 2014 country human rights reports on June 25 passed largely under the radar. We’ll leave aside the obvious question as to…
Read moreEngel Sends Bipartisan Letter to USAID Urging Funding for LGBT Rights in Central America
Press Statement from Rep. Eliot L. Engel MARCH 12, WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative Eliot L. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was joined by Reps.…
Read moreUSAID Releases Report: “Toolkit for Integrating LGBT Rights Activities into Programming in the Europe & Eurasia Region”
USAID recently released the report Toolkit for Integrating LGBT Rights Activities into Programming in the Europe & Eurasia Region, which contains resources to assist Agency staff and implementing…
Read moreGlobal LGBT Rights Advocates Send Joint Letter to President Obama
A group of 24 leading LGBT rights advocates from every region of the world sent a joint letter to President Obama in late December asking him to stand…
Read moreU.S. Kicks African Nation From Trade Agreement Over Anti-LGBT Crackdown
Repost from BuzzFeed The United States on Tuesday dropped The Gambia from a popular free trade agreement in response to a crackdown on LGBT rights and other human…
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