Today the Department of State released the third public report on the U.S. government’s implementation of the 2021 Presidential Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons (LGBTQI+) Worldwide. The report highlights our efforts to promote and protect the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons globally through 2023.
Promoting and protecting the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons is a U.S. foreign policy priority. It is vital that we address the violence and discrimination faced by LGBTQI+ persons, while also recognizing that characteristics such as race and ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, and national origin can further increase a person’s vulnerability to violence and discrimination, and impact a person’s equal enjoyment of human rights. As the report demonstrates, the U.S. government advances these priorities by supporting efforts to end the criminalization of LGBTQI+ status and conduct around the world, protecting vulnerable LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers, providing foreign assistance to defend the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons and advance nondiscrimination protections, responding meaningfully to human rights abuses of LGBTQI+ persons abroad, and engaging international partners and organizations in the fight against LGBTQI+ discrimination. Collectively, these efforts advance the goal of eliminating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and sex characteristics. Equality and equality build stronger societies for all.
LGBTQI+ human rights defenders and civil society organizations are critical stakeholders and leaders in global efforts to promote respect for the human rights of all people. They are our partners in the work outlined in this report, as are the governments and multilateral institutions with whom we work closely to accelerate progress. By releasing this report, we aim to inspire other governments around the world to take similar actions to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons.
This report is available to the public. LGBTQI+ Human Rights PagePlease contact [email protected] for more information.
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