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Congressman Lowenthal, Senator Markey applaud appointment of Jessica Stern as State Department LGBTQI+ Special Envoy

Congressman Lowenthal, Senator Markey applaud appointment of Jessica Stern as State Department LGBTQI+ Special Envoy
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Bay Area Reporter :: Out in the World: Biden puts LGBTQ rights at front of U S foreign policy

President Joe Biden has put his campaign words into action, sending a signal to the world that America is picking up the torch again as a global champion for LGBTQ rights. On February 4, Biden empowered staffers of the departments of state, justice and homeland security, both domestically and abroad, to take meaningful action on behalf of LGBTQ rights. His revised Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World strengthens the historic memorandum signed by former President Barack Obama in 2011. At the time, Obama s memorandum placed LGBTQ rights at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. Biden s memorandum goes beyond, by reinstating U.S. foreign and immigration policy on LGBTQ rights, with clear directives to agency staffers to protect LGBTQ rights by any means necessary.

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Biden signs foreign policy memo putting U S at forefront of global LGBTQ rights

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 currently have laws criminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults, according to the Human Rights Watch. Barack Obama issued the first presidential memorandum directing U.S. agencies abroad to promote LGBTQ rights globally in 2011. Biden indicated his order “builds upon that historic legacy.”

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Markey, Lowenthal to re-introduce International Human Rights Defense Act

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.”

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