International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
This week we join with the worldwide LGBT community in celebrating IDAHO – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. IDAHO is less known in the U.S. than…
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HIAS’ report, “Invisible in the City,” examines protection gaps facing LGBTI refugees
Remarks Anne C. Richard Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Washington, DC May 7, 2013 Thank you, Mark, and thank you to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society…
Read moreHuman Rights Trends
With the recent release of the State Department’s Human Rights Reports for 2012 (released in April 2013), the Council for Global Equality has compiled information from the reports…
Read moreStrange bedfellows
Repost from The Economist American Christian zealots are fighting back against gay rights—abroad IT MIGHT seem only a nasty coincidence. As gay rights advance in the West—France and…
Read moreSerious Human Rights Abuses Directed at LGBT Populations in Every Region
The State Department’s latest country human rights reports, released April 19, confirm the lack of respect that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face in many areas…
Read moreSecretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, Welcomes Participants to the International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
South Africa and Norway are co-hosting The International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity with over 200 government and NGO’s are participating in the dialog.…
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