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Biden signs foreign policy memo putting U.S. at 'forefront' of global LGBTQ rights Dan Avery © Provided by NBC News President Joe Biden has issued a historic memorandum committing the United States to promoting LGBTQ rights on the international stage. It calls for agencies to combat criminalization of LGBTQ identity or conduct, protect LGBTQ refugees and asylum-seekers, address human rights abuses affecting LGBTQ people and work with like-minded nations and international organizations to combat discrimination. There are approximately 70 countries around the world that curren...

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, addin...

Pastor Scott Lively Claims God Allowed Trump to Lose Election for Being Pro-LGBT On 1/26/21 at 8:40 PM EST Scott Lively, a longtime anti-LGBTQ pastor, has claimed that God allowed former President Donald Trump to lose the 2020 election because of Trump's alleged support of the LGBTQ agenda. Despite Lively's claim, most national and international LGBTQ rights groups consider Trump to be the most anti-LGBTQ president of all time. In last Sunday's installment of the "Swamp Rangers" radio program with co-host Richard May, Lively claimed that Trump had promoted the LGBTQ agenda by giving Richard G...

5 Min Read LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Joe Biden takes office as U.S. president on Wednesday with a long list of LGBT+ policy pledges - from scrapping Donald Trump’s ban on transgender military recruits to passing an anti-discrimination law. The former vice president has promised to appoint a cabinet that “looks like America”, nominating former rival for the Democratic presidential candidacy Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay cabinet secretary, at the Transportation Department. Activists said the incoming administration had spoken with numerous LGBT+ advocacy groups since ...

What are US President-Elect Joe Biden's LGBT+ policy plans? SECTIONS Last Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 07:08 PM IST Share Synopsis The former vice president has promised to appoint a cabinet that "looks like America", nominating former rival for the Democratic presidential candidacy Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay cabinet secretary, at the Transportation Department. Reuters Jamal Brown, a spokesman for Biden's transition team, said the president-elect was "committed to advancing the most pro-equality agenda in history". Joe Biden takes office as U.S. president on Wednesday with a long list o...