The Trump/Pence Administration’s exceptionally weak commitment to human rights and LGBTI rights just got a lot weaker. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has green-lighted a new “Commission on…
Read moreDownload our position paper here. Suggested candidate questions. The 2020 presidential elections are a crucible for our country, from many perspectives. These include the place of respect and…
Read moreMay 17, 2019 – Today, as we join colleagues around the world in celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), it’s worth asking why President…
Read moreRead our Appeal to the Trump Administration While Congress and the courts deliberate on the legitimacy of the President’s emergency declaration for a wall along our border with…
Read moreThe Council rarely takes positions on nominations for high-level positions. However, we urge that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote against Robert Destro’s nomination to serve as Assistant…
Read moreLike many, we were struck by the false alternative given in President Trump’s “State of the Union” address between legislation and investigation. Surely the Congress has the constitutional…
Read more#GLOBEAct December 13, 2018 — Today’s introduction of the “Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act” by House Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) represents a high-water…
Read morePress Statement from Sen. John McCain and Sen. Ben Cardin Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-MD),…
Read moreThe Global Equality Fund (GEF), managed by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (SOIs) from civil society to…
Read moreLeading human rights and LGBT organizations in the Council for Global Equality wrote to Secretary Tillerson to express outrage at the Administration’s continued denigration of the value that…
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