U.S. State Department Should Apologize for “Lavender Scare”
The Obama Administration clearly deserves great credit for turning the page on our country’s inattention to LGBT human rights abuse abroad. And we’re immensely proud of the State…
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Statement by Secretary Kerry: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Repost from U.S. Department of State On Transgender Day of Remembrance, the United States solemnly honors the memory of the many transgender individuals who lost their lives to…
Read moreU.S. State Department’s Recognition of Intersex Awareness Day
Press Statement from John Kirby, Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs On the occasion of Intersex Awareness Day, the United States stands in solidarity with intersex persons around…
Read moreDeteriorating Human Rights in The Gambia
May 3, 2016 – The Council for Global Equality joined 15 leading human rights organizations in writing to the State Department and the White House this week to…
Read moreState 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…
Read moreNisha Ayub Receives the 2016 Woman of Courage Award
The Council for Global Equality congratulates Nisha Ayub, Director of SEED Malaysia, for receiving the 2016 Woman of Courage award from Secretary of State John Kerry at a…
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 moreThe Place of Human Rights
Another new year. Another chance to put things right. For the Council for Global Equality, that means elevating the place of human rights – including those of LGBT,…
Read moreUS government says it will now use the term ‘sexual rights’
Repost from the Washington Post UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. government says it will begin using the term “sexual rights” in discussions of human rights and global development.…
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