State Department Briefs Congress on International LGBT Rights
August 3, 2011 – State Department officials today briefed the LGBT Equality Caucus in the U.S. Congress on their foreign policy efforts to promote fundamental human rights for…
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Corporate America’s Response to Homophobia Abroad
When a company facilitates public expressions of homophobia – even inadvertently – what response is it obligated to take? That question has confronted the Coca-Cola Company since late…
Read moreVideo: How gay rights debate began at the UN
Watch UN human rights chief Navi Pillay looks back at the evolution of the gay rights
Read moreMillennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact
For Immediate Release July 26, 2011 Contact: Nasserie Carew 202 521-7258 (office) 202 631-7117 carewnm@mcc.gov Millennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact The Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Read moreECOSOS Council vote grants consultative status to ILGA
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Renato Sabbadini, tel. +3225022471, renato@ilga.org Geneva, 25 July 2011 ECOSOS Council vote grants consultative status to ILGA With 30 votes in favour (India, Italy, Japan,…
Read morePride Retrospective: the U.S. Helsinki Commission Should Engage
It’s common to think of Pride-related events as celebrations of gay and lesbian diversity, and indeed of community. Certainly that’s the spirit that pervades the Pride season in…
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 moreU.S. Condemns Violent Disruption of Protests in Malawi
July 21, 2011 For immediate release and posting: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson STATEMENT BY HEIDE BRONKE FULTON, ACTING DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON U.S. Condemns Violent Disruption…
Read moreIn Malawi, more scapegoating of LGBT as riots erupt
Repost from LGBT Asylum News Last week the British government announced that it was withdrawing budget support from the Malawian government. The move followed a diplomatic spat but…
Read moreMEPs welcome Lithuania’s new progressive law on advertising
Repost from Intergroup for LGBT Rights A new Law on the Provision of Information to the Public came into force on 30 June, outlawing discrimination based on sexual…
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