The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization affiliated with the Republican Party which advocates for equal rights for LGBT+ Americans,by educating the LGBT+ community and Republicans about each other.
In the United States,public opinion and jurisprudence on lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights have developed significantly since the late 1980s.
OutRight International (OutRight) is an LGBTIQ human rights non-governmental organization that addresses human rights violations and abuses against lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and intersex people. OutRight International documents human rights discrimination and abuses based on their sexual orientation,gender identity,gender expression and sex characteristics in partnership with activists,advocates,media,NGOs and allies on a local,regional,national and international level. OutRight International holds consultative status with ECOSOC.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in Azerbaijan face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Azerbaijan since 1 September 2000. Nonetheless,discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity are not banned in the country and same-sex marriage is not recognized.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Nepal have evolved significantly during the 21st century,though barriers to full equality still exist within the nation. In 2007,Nepal repealed the laws against gay sex and introduced several laws which explicitly protected "gender and sexual minorities". The Nepalese Constitution now recognizes LGBT rights as fundamental rights. On 28 June 2023,a single judge bench of Justice Til Prasad Shrestha issued a historic interim order directing the government to make necessary arrangements to "temporarily register" the marriages of "non-traditional couples and sexual minorities". The full bench of the Supreme Court has yet to deliver a final verdict. The first queer marriage of a trans woman and a cisgender man occurred in November 2023. Nepal will be the first least developed country and the first in South Asia to legalize same-sex marriage,and the second in Asia after Taiwan.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Kosovo have improved in recent years,most notably with the adoption of the new Constitution,banning discrimination based on sexual orientation. Kosovo remains one of the few Muslim-majority countries where LGBT pride parades are held annually.
Richard Allen Grenell is an American political operative,diplomat,TV personality,and public relations consultant who served as Acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Grenell served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020 and as the Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations from 2019 to 2021.
The Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism is an office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights at the United States Department of State. The office "advances U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism" by developing and implementing policies and projects to support efforts to combat antisemitism.
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.
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.
Theodore George Osius III is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Vietnam.
The social policy of the Donald Trump administration was generally socially conservative. As of 2016,Donald Trump described himself as pro-life with exceptions for rape,incest,and circumstances endangering the life of the mother. He said he was committed to appointing justices who may overturn the ruling in Roe v. Wade. Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices during his presidency. All of them later went on to vote in the majority opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,the Supreme Court case overturning Roe v. Wade and ending federal abortion rights nationwide.
Gays for Trump is an American LGBT organization that supports the former U.S. president Donald Trump and his administration. Peter Boykin is the founder and serves as president of the organization.
Anti-gay purges in Chechnya,a part of the Russian Federation,have included forced disappearances,secret abductions,imprisonment,torture and extrajudicial killing by authorities targeting persons based on their perceived sexual orientation,primarily gay men. At least 2 of the 100 people,whom authorities detained on suspicion of being gay or bisexual,have reportedly died after being held in what human rights groups and eyewitnesses have called concentration camps.
Daniel Lewis Foote is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who was the United States Special Envoy for Haiti from July to September 2021. He formerly served as the United States Ambassador to Zambia.
The Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons is a position at the United States Department of State within the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights and Labor. The office oversees the United States government’s efforts to support the human rights of LGBTQI+ people around the world.
Eric George Nelson is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2022.
John Jefferson "Jeff" Daigle is an American diplomat who serves as the United States Ambassador to Cabo Verde,being sworn in on June 28,2019. Immediately prior to his Ambassadorship,Daigle served as Acting Executive Director for the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Daigle is one of five LGBT appointed ambassadors under the Trump administration.
Robert Stuart Gilchrist is an American diplomat who has served as the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy,human rights,and labor since September 2023. He served as the United States ambassador to Lithuania from February 2020 to August 2023. 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.
