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Funding Opportunity: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Statements of Interest: Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons

The Global Equality Fund (GEF), managed by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (SOIs) from civil society to…

Obama Administration Brings Global LGBTI Community Together to Advance Human Rights and Development

Repost from the White House blog Last month, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development, where I work, co-hosted the third-annual Conference to…

Advancing the Human Rights of LGBT Persons in Partnership With the Private Sector

Reblog from DipNote, written by Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski Last week during a reception held in the Treaty Room of the Department of State, I was proud to…

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

This week we join with the worldwide LGBT community in celebrating IDAHOT – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Celebrated on May 17 – the 1990 date…

Advancing the Human Rights of LGBT Persons in Europe and Beyond

Repost from DipNote by Uzra Zeya, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor I was honored to represent the United States government at the International Lesbian, Gay,…

Protecting and Promoting LGBT Rights in Europe

Remarks by Uzra Zeya Acting Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ILGA-Europe Annual Conference 2013 Zagreb, Croatia October 24, 2013 First, thank you very much Evelyne and…