Uganda Passes Odious Anti-LGBT Law
The Council for Global Equality joins our colleagues in Uganda and around the world in condemning the adoption today of a harsh, anti-gay law that sentences LGBT Ugandans…
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Advocates for LGBT Equality Launch Freedom Fund to Support LGBT Russians
The Arcus Foundation, the Council for Global Equality and the Open Society Foundations announced the establishment of the Russia Freedom Fund in November to provide financial support directly…
Read morePresident Obama Announces Presidential Delegations to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of Presidential Delegations to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russian Federation. Presidential Delegation…
Read moreFor LGBT Donors, Russia Is The New Marriage
Repost from BuzzFeed, by J. Lester Feder Can the strategies that turned the U.S. LGBT movement into a money machine work when the fight goes abroad? Melissa Etheridge headlined…
Read moreHuman Rights: Advancing American Interests and Values
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice addressed the participants of the Human Rights First 2013 Summit in Washington DC yesterday, in her speech Amb. Rice stressed that advancing…
Read moreOpen Letter to President Putin on Russia’s Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Laws
Washington DC, November 15, 2013 Dear President Putin: Like many of our generation, we have applauded Russia’s 20-year turn toward democracy, confident in the prospect it lays not only…
Read moreHuman Rights Affirming Remarks During The Peace and Sport International Forum
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s statement during the 7th Peace and Sport International Forum in Monaco. I am pleased to send greetings to all participants at the…
Read moreAdvancing 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,…
Read moreMoldova Repeals “Gay Propaganda” Ban
Repost from GayStar News The former Eastern Bloc country of Moldova has decided to repeal its ban on the so-called propaganda of homosexuality to minors in the hopes…
Read moreRussian Civil Society Leaders Inspire
Repost From Ambassador Michael McFaul Despite a packed G-20 schedule filled with meetings on economic issues and the situation in Syria, President Obama also took the time while…
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