Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights
The Global Respect Act would allow sanctions against those who commit human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people.
June 26, 2025
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Homophobe Mike Pompeo Likely to Win Confirmation as Nation's Top Diplomat
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Pompeo to be secretary of State by a vote of 11-9, and a full Senate vote is expected this week.
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Here's How the Global Respect Act Will Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Abuse
The legislation was just passed in the House and its sponsors expect it to pass in the Senate.
February 10, 2022
Senate May Formally Apologize for DADT, Lavender Scare
Sen. Tim Kaine's resolution covers decades of government abuses against LGBTQ+ people.
June 18, 2021
Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86
Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.
July 5, 2008
Trump Appointee Who Denounced U.S. as 'Homo-Empire' Fired
Merritt Corrigan was ousted from the U.S. Agency for International Development after unleashing further anti-LGBTQ+ tirades.
August 3, 2020
The LGBT-Supportive Billionaire Backing Marco Rubio for President
A letter from influential New York investor Paul Singer argues Rubio is "in a position to defeat" Hillary Clinton.
November 1, 2015
State Department Apologizes for 1950s Anti-LGBT Witch Hunt
John Kerry issued an apology after the Human Rights Campaign lobbied the secretary of State.
January 9, 2017
Biden Admin Will Have LGBTQ+ Envoy, Allow Pride Flags at Embassies
President Biden's nominee for secretary of State, Antony Blinken, made those promises at his confirmation hearing this week.
January 22, 2021
Leaked memo shows JD Vance blocked ambassadors who supported LGBTQ+ policies: report
As a senator, Trump’s VP nominee took a particular interest in Pride flags and gender-neutral bathrooms.
July 24, 2024
Will Trump Dismantle Women's Programs Hillary Clinton Set Up?
Officials in the State Department are reportedly "freaked out" by a request from the incoming administration.
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