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PHILADELPHIA -- The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro will be allowed to travel to Philadelphia to accept an award for her gay rights advocacy, officials said Tuesday, reversing a previous decision to reject her visa request. [ Read more → ]

PHILADELPHIA — The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award for her gay rights activism because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials said Thursday. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton formally resigned Friday as America's 67th Secretary of State, capping a four-year tenure that saw her shatter records for the number of countries visited. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State, filling a key job in President Obama’s second-term national security team. [ Read more → ]

The nomination of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) as secretary of state has excited advocates on global LGBT issues. [ Read more → ]

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Friday praised the nomination of U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to be Secretary of State during President Obama's second term. [ Read more → ]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered on Wednesday what might be her last public address before an LGBT audience as chief diplomat for the United States when she told group of LGBT Foreign Service officers their service is integral to the country. [ Read more → ]

The top U.S. diplomat in Africa met over the weekend with leaders in Uganda to express concerns about an anti-gay bill pending before the country’s parliament that could be headed for a vote as soon as this week, according to the State Department. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday released a recorded message commemorating LGBT Pride Month. [ Read more → ]

The U.S. Department of State on Sunday issued a statement in response to the arrest of 34 people during a unauthorized gay pride cebration in the center of the Russian capital. [ Read more → ]

In a follow-up to a story we covered last month, the United Nations last week voted to restore a reference to killings due to sexual orientation that had been deleted from a resolution condemning unjustified executions. [ Read more → ]

The United States said Friday it is urging Uganda's leadership to block a bill that would criminalize homosexuality. [ Read more → ]