Creep of the Week: Mike Pompeo
I’m in Philadelphia visiting my sister and apparently during my trip there were Nazis marching here and chanting “fuck the gays.” Ah, America. Meanwhile, people are debating whether or not “cancel culture” i...
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...
Top 10 International LGBT Stories of 2018
No. 10: Kim Davis-backed Romania marriage referendum fails A referendum on whether to define marriage as between a man and a woman in the Romanian constitution’s definition of family failed in October because ...
Top 10 National Stories of 2018
No. 10: Ric Grenell confirmed as ambassador U.S. Ambassador to Germandy Richard Grenell (Photo public domain) After months of Democratic opposition, the U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Grenell this y...
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. ...