Judy and Dennis Shepard Speak Up for LGBT Rights in Europe
Repost from DipNote Blog by Frankie Sturm, Deputy Cultural Attache at U.S. Embassy Warsaw in Poland. Sitting down to dinner to wrap up two jam-packed days of outreach by Judy…
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Sec. Clinton’s Remarks at Presentation of Human Rights Defenders Award
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Kampala, Uganda August 3, 2012 Thank you so much. Well, I am very pleased to be here once again…
Read moreSecretary Hillary Clinton accepts the World LGBT Award from World Pride
Read moreListen to joint briefing by the White House and State Department on the annual Human Rights Report
Listen to a joint briefing by the White House and State Department on the annual Human Rights Report here. (duration 58:21—Please note it will take a moment for playback…
Read moreExclusive LGBT Pride Interview with Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy
Repost from The New Civil Rights Movement by Tanya Domi Under Secretary of State Tara D. Sonenshine, who is the chief of public diplomacy and public affairs at the…
Read morePride in U.S. Diplomatic Engagement: Council Chair Mark Bromley Reflects on U.S. Embassy Celebration in Japan
The Council was invited to join the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and the U.S. Consulate in Osaka last week to commemorate LGBT Pride month, and I had the…
Read moreSecretary Clinton Delivers a Video Message for Pride Month
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a video message for Pride Month. A text transcript can be found at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/06/192136.htm.
Read moreActivist discusses impact of Obama’s gay marriage support
Repost from The Japan Times By AYAKO MIE, Staff writer The recent endorsement of gay marriage by U.S. President Barack Obama was a milestone for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
Read moreRemarks on Anti-Semitism and Human Rights for LGBT People for the Cream City Foundation
Repost from State.gov By Hannah Rosenthal Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 30, 2012 As a child of a Holocaust survivor, anti-Semitism is something very personal…
Read moreWidespread Pattern of Abuses Against LGBT People Worldwide
Washington, DC – May 25, 2012 – The Department of State’s 2011 Human Rights Report, released yesterday, catalogues an ongoing range of abuses and discriminatory treatment directed at…
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