“Everyone is entitled to dignity and equality, no matter who they are, whom they love, or how they identify and we will continue to engage with allies and partners to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ people here at home and in all corners of the world.” – President Joe Biden
The United States joins the international community in recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The Biden-Harris Administration is steadily implementing the Presidential Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Persons Around the World. The below information outlines how U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance are working to promote and protect the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in line with the different areas of the Presidential Memorandum:
"Everyone is entitled to dignity and equality, no matter who they are, whom they love, or how they identify-and we will continue to engage with allies.