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Markey, Lowenthal to re-introduce International Human Rights Defense Act
Feb 3, 2021 |
Sen. Edward Markey, left and Congressman Alan Lowenthal
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Congressman Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., announced Wednesday Feb. 3, that they will re-introduce the International Human Rights Defense Act, a “bicameral effort to reaffirm the United States’ role as a world leader in the promotion of LGBTQI equality.”
In a press release announcing their effort, the two lawmakers noted that nearly 70 nations around the world have enacted laws that criminalize homosexuality, adding that “abuses in Russia, Tanzania, Uganda, Indonesia, Central America and elsewhere demonstrate a continued threat to the fundamental rights of LGBTQI communities in every region of the world.”
February 3, 2021 at 7:31 pm EST | by Michael K. Lavers
Markey, Lowenthal to reintroduce bill requiring US to promote LGBTQ rights abroad
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Two lawmakers on Wednesday announced they will reintroduce a bill that would require U.S. to promote LGBTQ rights abroad through its foreign policy.
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Congressman Alan Lowenthal and U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) made the
announcement about the International Human Rights Defense Act eight days after
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was sworn in at the State Department.
The bill,
among other things, would make the position of special U.S. envoy for the
promotion of LGBTQ rights abroad in the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy,
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