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USAID releases its first-ever “LGBTQI+-inclusive” plan for foreign aid
The policy is a blueprint for USAID to champion LGBTQ+ and intersex rights around the world.
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Biden administration reverses Trump’s ban on rainbow flags at embassies
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken authorized the rainbow flag at all American outposts, in time for Pride Month.
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Trump has turned U.S. diplomacy over to the religious right
Ralph Drollinger is the latest Trump associate with an anti-LGBTQ history, openly willing to cozy up to bigots and dictators. What else is new?
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Trump made a gay Twitter troll ambassador to Germany. He’s already insulted his host country.
It didn’t take the new ambassador long to make an ass of himself on Twitter – just like his boss.
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Obama’s legacy: A quiet mission to export LGBT rights overseas
The U.S. has deployed its diplomats and spent tens of millions of dollars to try to block anti-gay laws.
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Lawmakers introduce bill to promote LGBT rights in U.S. foreign policy
The International Human Rights Defense Act would appoint a special envoy within the U.S. Department of State to coordinate efforts to prevent discrimination and advance the rights of LGBT people worldwide.
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Biden: Protecting LGBT rights must trump national cultures, social traditions
WASHINGTON — Seeking to mobilize a global front against anti-gay violence and discrimination, Vice President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that protecting gay rights is a defining mark of a civilized nation and must trump national cultures and social traditions. Biden told a gathering of U.S. and international gay rights advocates that …
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Bill introduced in Senate to affirm U.S. commitment to international LGBT rights
BOSTON — As the nation celebrates National LBGT Pride Month, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, on Friday introduced legislation that would affirm LGBT human rights are a foreign policy priority for the U.S. government.
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Obama sets new course for LGBT rights in U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed that the federal government and all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons globally.