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Marjorie Taylor Greene & Matt Gaetz want to abolish USAID for its “perverse ideology”
The bill cites USAID’s support for LGBTQ+ rights and women’s equality as proof of its “perverse ideology.”
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The US State Department never stops working for LGBTQ Americans
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States suspended operations in Kyiv. But they didn’t stop helping Americans who needed them – especially the queer community.
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Brittney Griner’s wife has “zero trust” in government to help free her from Russian prison
“If I can’t trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife’s behalf to come home?” Brittney’s wife Cherelle said.
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After months of being low key, Brittney Griner’s supporters are upping public pressure
Led by Brittney Griner’s wife, the public campaign hopes that a meeting with Joe Biden will lead to her release.
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U.S. State Department says Russia “wrongfully detained” lesbian basketballer Brittney Griner
Griner has been in a Russian jail for nearly 76 days now. The U.S. is finally speaking out in her defense.
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Biden admin adds X gender marker to passports & TSA will change scanner machines to remove gender
The Biden administration just made travel a whole lot easier for transgender people with a series of policy changes. Retirement paperwork will get easier too.
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House passes bill seeking to further protect LGBTQ rights around the world
The legislation would deny visas to anti-LGBTQ human rights abusers.
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Out diplomat Rufus Gifford sworn into prestigious ceremonial role in State Department
Gifford is now the Chief of Protocol, who is expected to welcome foreign officials and maintain the United States’ diplomatic protocol.
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Evangelical leader demands foreign nations refuse entry to Americans with gender-neutral passports
“State Department is turning the American passport into a farce, not to mention flaunting God,” Franklin Graham ranted after the government announced it would use an X marker for intersex and nonbinary people.
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Dems demand Biden lift order forbidding embassy staff from talking about same-sex marriage
The department’s official policy is to not “advocate for or against same-sex marriage overseas.”