Ryan Clark Crocker is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012),Iraq (2007–2009),Pakistan (2004–2007),Syria (1998–2001),Kuwait (1994–1997),and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010,he became dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2003.
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1999.
James Catherwood Hormel was an American philanthropist,LGBT activist,diplomat,and heir to the Hormel meatpacking fortune. He served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001,and was the first openly gay man to represent the United States as an ambassador.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in Estonia may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Estonia. Since 1 January 2016,same-sex couples may register their relationship as a cohabitation agreement,which gives them almost all the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples. Nevertheless,same-sex couples are unable to marry or jointly adopt.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the United States rank among the highest in the world,with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s.
GLIFAA is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender etc. (LGBT+) personnel and their families in the United States Department of State,U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),Foreign Commercial Service,Foreign Agricultural Service,and other agencies and entities working in foreign affairs in the U.S. Government. The acronym comes from its original name,Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies. As of 2014,the organization goes by GLIFAA and uses the slogan "LGBT+ pride in foreign affairs agencies" to underscore its inclusive composition. GLIFAA was founded in 1992 by fewer than a dozen employees who faced official harassment and potential loss of their jobs simply because of their sexual orientation. The organization has grown to hundreds of Foreign Service,Civil Service,and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington,throughout the U.S.,and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world. Members also include retirees and straight allies in government agencies,while other supporters are affiliate members.
Pride at Work (PAW) is an American lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender group (LGBT) of labor union activists affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) persons in Eritrea face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Homosexual acts are illegal in Eritrea,punishable by up to three years in prison. LGBT persons are regularly prosecuted by the government and additionally face stigmatization among the broader population.
Morrell John Berry is an American former government official who was named President of the American Australian Association in 2016. Berry was director of the United States Office of Personnel Management from 2009 to 2013 and United States Ambassador to Australia from 2013 to 2016.
The Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) was a statewide political advocacy organization in New York that advocated for lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights,including same-sex marriage. ESPA has since disbanded after an executive order was passed by Governor Andrew Cuomo which protects the rights of transgender citizens as long as future governors uphold the law. ESPA was founded in 1990 through the merger of the New York State Gay and Lesbian Lobby and the Friends and Advocates for Individual Rights. ESPA was considered the leading gay political organization in the State of New York before it disbanded. As of 2005,ESPA was the largest statewide lesbian and gay political advocacy and civil rights organization in the United States.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Laos go unreported and unnoticed. While homosexuality is legal in Laos,it is very difficult to assess the current state of acceptance and violence that LGBT people face because of government interference. Numerous claims have suggested that Laos is one of the most tolerant communist states. Despite such claims,discrimination still exists. Laos provides no anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people,nor does it prohibit hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for any of the rights that opposite-sex married couples enjoy,as neither same-sex marriage nor civil unions are legal.
LGBT history in the United States spans the contributions and struggles of lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people,as well as the LGBT social movements they have built.
The state of Georgia mostly improved in its treatment of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender residents in the years after 1970,when LGBT residents began to openly establish events,organizations and outlets for fellow LGBT residents and increase in political empowerment.
LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism,instead emphasizing values associated with fiscal conservatism,libertarian conservatism,and neoconservatism.
Randy William Berry is an American diplomat and the United States ambassador to Namibia since February 9,2023. He has previously served as the United States ambassador to Nepal and the first Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons in the United States Department of State.
Pat Norman was an American activist for women's rights,as well as the rights of the African American and LGBT communities.
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of non-heterosexual conforming people of African ancestry,who may identify as LGBTIQGNC,men who have sex with men,or related culturally specific identities. This timeline includes events both in Africa,the Americas and Europe and in the global African diaspora,as the histories are very deeply linked.
Robert Stuart Gilchrist is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Lithuania since 2019. He is a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of minister counselor. He was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20,2019. Gilchrist was the fifth US ambassador from the LGBT community nominated to serve by the Trump administration.
