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State Department Human Rights Advocacy Commission Holds First Meeting

A controversial human rights advisory commission the State Department created earlier this year held its first meeting on Wednesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered opening remarks at the Commission...

More Human Rights “Not Always Better,” Says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that more human rights “is not always better” in a speech at Kansas State University, reported Bloomberg. Pompeo criticized politicians for taking on “pet causes,” which h...

Marriage Opponent to Chair State Department Human rights Commission

A Harvard Law School professor who is known for her opposition to same-sex marriage will chair the State Department’s new human rights advisory commission that will stress “natural law and natural rights.” S...

Brunei Government Again Defends Penal Code

The government of Brunei continues to defend the country’s new penal code that includes the death penalty for anyone found guilty of consensual same-sex sexual relations. “We reaffirm that the Syariah crimin...

State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report

The State Department’s annual human rights report that was released on Wednesday notes anti-LGBTI violence and discrimination remained widespread around the world in 2018. The report cites statistics from th...

House Members Write to Mike Pompeo Demanding He Condemn Chechen LGBTQ Violence

Representatives Eric Swalwell (CA-15), David Cicilline (RI-01), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01) led 62 other members of the House to urge Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to publicly condemn the violence being perpetrated...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 13

1. The nation of Trinidad and Tobago is on the verge of decriminalizing homosexuality, after a judge's ruling on Thursday that such laws are unconstitutional. According to NBC News, Justice Devindra Rampersad s...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, March 14

1. With news that Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate former CIA director Mike Pompeo as his replacement, LGBTQ Nation catalogs Pompeo's most egregious anti-LGBTQ moments. ...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Rachel Slawson to be First Bisexual Miss USA Contestant

Record Number of Businesses Earn Perfect 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Lizzo Says She Wants Her Music to Make Black Trans Women Feel Good

RuPaul Set to Host SNL

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

State Department Human Rights Advocacy Commission Holds First Meeting

More Human Rights “Not Always Better,” Says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Marriage Opponent to Chair State Department Human rights Commission

Brunei Government Again Defends Penal Code

State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report

House Members Write to Mike Pompeo Demanding He Condemn Chechen LGBTQ Violence

Top 10 International LGBT Stories of 2018

Top 10 National Stories of 2018

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 13

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, March 14

Rachel Slawson to be First Bisexual Miss USA Contestant

Lizzo Says She Wants Her Music to Make Black Trans Women Feel Good

RuPaul Set to Host SNL

Record Number of Businesses Earn Perfect 100 on HRC Corporate Equality Index

Katie Sowers to Make History as First Openly LGBTQ Coach at Super Bowl

White House Livestreams Anti-LGBTQ Sermon

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

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