The Council for Global Equality
@globalequality.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.-based coalition of 40 organizations working to ensure strong and consistent support for LGBTQI+ human rights through U.S. foreign policy.
Let’s be clear: The Trump Admin is dealing in authoritarianism w/ its recent NSPM-7 Order.
The NSPM-7 Order is an excuse for POTUS to go after orgs he+political allies don't agree w/.
CGE joined thousands of orgs to make clear 1st Amendment rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE! www.newsweek.com/what-is-nspm...
The NSPM-7 Order is an excuse for POTUS to go after orgs he+political allies don't agree w/.
CGE joined thousands of orgs to make clear 1st Amendment rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE! www.newsweek.com/what-is-nspm...
What is NSPM-7? Over 3,000 nonprofits sound alarm on new Trump directive
The directive sparked concerns from law firms and nonprofits, more than 3,000 of have signed onto an open letter rebuking it.
www.newsweek.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Let’s be clear: The Trump Admin is dealing in authoritarianism w/ its recent NSPM-7 Order.
The NSPM-7 Order is an excuse for POTUS to go after orgs he+political allies don't agree w/.
CGE joined thousands of orgs to make clear 1st Amendment rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE! www.newsweek.com/what-is-nspm...
The NSPM-7 Order is an excuse for POTUS to go after orgs he+political allies don't agree w/.
CGE joined thousands of orgs to make clear 1st Amendment rights are NON-NEGOTIABLE! www.newsweek.com/what-is-nspm...
Millions of LGBTQIA+ people and underserved communities around the world depend on these kind of life saving programs. Thanks @Rosen.senate.gov and @Kaine.senate.gov for introducing the HIV Medication Access Act to reverse harmful Trump Admin actions that’d eliminate HIV prevention efforts.
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Millions of LGBTQIA+ people and underserved communities around the world depend on these kind of life saving programs. Thanks @Rosen.senate.gov and @Kaine.senate.gov for introducing the HIV Medication Access Act to reverse harmful Trump Admin actions that’d eliminate HIV prevention efforts.
The courageous LGBTQIA+ service members who volunteer to defend our country don’t deserve these kind of discriminatory attacks.
Shame on Republicans and any Member of Congress who votes to pass any of these amendments!
@equality.house.gov
Shame on Republicans and any Member of Congress who votes to pass any of these amendments!
@equality.house.gov
September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The courageous LGBTQIA+ service members who volunteer to defend our country don’t deserve these kind of discriminatory attacks.
Shame on Republicans and any Member of Congress who votes to pass any of these amendments!
@equality.house.gov
Shame on Republicans and any Member of Congress who votes to pass any of these amendments!
@equality.house.gov
Thank you @kaine.senate.gov for reminding us that we are a nation of laws, not men. Everyone- including LGBTQIA+ people- are entitled to equal protection under the law.
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thank you @kaine.senate.gov for reminding us that we are a nation of laws, not men. Everyone- including LGBTQIA+ people- are entitled to equal protection under the law.
CGE joins @humanrightsfirst.org in condemning the US’s move not to participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council this year. This damages the US’s credibility on human rights and accountability.
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
Human Rights First Decries U.S. Boycott of UN Universal Periodic Review for Further Damaging U.S. Credibility and International Human Rights Norms - Human Rights First
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First today condemned the U.S. government’s unprecedented decision to not participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights ...
humanrightsfirst.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
CGE joins @humanrightsfirst.org in condemning the US’s move not to participate in its own Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council this year. This damages the US’s credibility on human rights and accountability.
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...
CGE stands with the many international groups in condemning the drastically omitted reports of violence and abuse targeting LGBTQI+ persons in the State Department's 2024 human rights report. These reports help shape diplomatic engagement and protecting individuals fleeing persecution worldwide.
LGBTQ people ‘erased’ from State Department’s 2024 human rights report
Document released Tuesday after months of delay
www.washingtonblade.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
CGE stands with the many international groups in condemning the drastically omitted reports of violence and abuse targeting LGBTQI+ persons in the State Department's 2024 human rights report. These reports help shape diplomatic engagement and protecting individuals fleeing persecution worldwide.
Let's be clear. Today's Hse Judiciary Cmte hearing was a clear attack on vulnerable communities+the orgs that serve them. These programs have a proven track record of implementing restorative+lifesaving measures. Thanks @raskin.house.gov and @repjasmine.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/Ietm12B...
How Leftist Nonprofit Networks Exploit Federal Tax Dollars to Advance a Radical Agenda
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Let's be clear. Today's Hse Judiciary Cmte hearing was a clear attack on vulnerable communities+the orgs that serve them. These programs have a proven track record of implementing restorative+lifesaving measures. Thanks @raskin.house.gov and @repjasmine.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/Ietm12B...
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“We know that this administration is allergic to the word, concept, and idea of equity. These are not equitable investments that are going to ultimately advance and lift the lives of Africans,” Bishop Joseph Tolton in The Grio.
thegrio.com/2025/07/09/t...
thegrio.com/2025/07/09/t...
Trump amazed by African president's 'good English,' gleefully accepts praise for Nobel Peace Prize
An expert tells theGrio there's more than meets the eye as Trump says he's committed to strengthening the U.S.'s "friendships" in Africa.
thegrio.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“We know that this administration is allergic to the word, concept, and idea of equity. These are not equitable investments that are going to ultimately advance and lift the lives of Africans,” Bishop Joseph Tolton in The Grio.
thegrio.com/2025/07/09/t...
thegrio.com/2025/07/09/t...
Given how Trump, DeSantis, the Heritage Foundation, & so many on the U.S. extreme right look to Orbán & his authoritarian regime as the template for the U.S., it's critical that we learn from how Budapest Pride & Hungarian activists resisted the attacks on LGBTQI+ people & democracy there.
On July 4th, as we face rapidly growing #authoritarianism here in the U.S., CGE Co-Chair @juliedorfcge.bsky.social & former U.S. #LGBTQI+ Special Envoy Jessica Stern note the lessons in resistance we can take from this past weekend's Budapest Pride in #Hungary. www.autostraddle.com/what-queer-a...
What Queer Americans Can Learn From Hungary
We believe Hungary represents the kind of country Trump and his allies want.
www.autostraddle.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Given how Trump, DeSantis, the Heritage Foundation, & so many on the U.S. extreme right look to Orbán & his authoritarian regime as the template for the U.S., it's critical that we learn from how Budapest Pride & Hungarian activists resisted the attacks on LGBTQI+ people & democracy there.
On July 4th, as we face rapidly growing #authoritarianism here in the U.S., CGE Co-Chair @juliedorfcge.bsky.social & former U.S. #LGBTQI+ Special Envoy Jessica Stern note the lessons in resistance we can take from this past weekend's Budapest Pride in #Hungary. www.autostraddle.com/what-queer-a...
What Queer Americans Can Learn From Hungary
We believe Hungary represents the kind of country Trump and his allies want.
www.autostraddle.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On July 4th, as we face rapidly growing #authoritarianism here in the U.S., CGE Co-Chair @juliedorfcge.bsky.social & former U.S. #LGBTQI+ Special Envoy Jessica Stern note the lessons in resistance we can take from this past weekend's Budapest Pride in #Hungary. www.autostraddle.com/what-queer-a...
Last week, the Senate reintroduced the bipartisan #GlobalRespectAct to sanction foreign perpetrators of anti-LGBTQI+ violence and abuse. Now more than ever, we need bipartisan support for equality and LGBTQI+ rights. www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/re...
Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Murkowski Lead Bipartisan Legislation to Impose Sanctions on Perpetrators of Global Violence against LGBTQI Communities | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Rela...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) led a...
www.foreign.senate.gov
June 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Last week, the Senate reintroduced the bipartisan #GlobalRespectAct to sanction foreign perpetrators of anti-LGBTQI+ violence and abuse. Now more than ever, we need bipartisan support for equality and LGBTQI+ rights. www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/re...
CGE is proud to have its colleague Bishop Joseph Tolton be on the cover of @nyamnews.bsky.social Pride Issue. It's great to see the impact of the Bishop's Interconnected Justice work+the work of the Affirming Elders Council. Thanks to the Bishop for leading this work!
I'm humbled to be on @nyamnews.bsky.social Pride Issue. I'm grateful to spotlight the impact of Interconnected Justice's work+the Affirming Elders Council. As we fight for the African diaspora, it's important our young people see out+proud folks who look like them.
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Gay by the grace of God: A Black pastor’s journey
Openly gay minister named Bishop Joseph Tolton is at the forefront of the movement of African and Black American faith leaders.
amsterdamnews.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
CGE is proud to have its colleague Bishop Joseph Tolton be on the cover of @nyamnews.bsky.social Pride Issue. It's great to see the impact of the Bishop's Interconnected Justice work+the work of the Affirming Elders Council. Thanks to the Bishop for leading this work!
The rights to free expression and peaceful assembly belong to all of us. Today, @globalequality.bsky.social & @amnesty-usa.bsky.social rallied in D.C. as Budapest Pride prepares to march tomorrow under new repressive laws. Pride is protest. Pride is resistance. Solidarity transcends borders. 🌈🇭🇺
June 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The rights to free expression and peaceful assembly belong to all of us. Today, @globalequality.bsky.social & @amnesty-usa.bsky.social rallied in D.C. as Budapest Pride prepares to march tomorrow under new repressive laws. Pride is protest. Pride is resistance. Solidarity transcends borders. 🌈🇭🇺
#WorldRefugeeDay
From Day One, Trump’s anti-refugee agenda has undermined asylum rights — and it’s already costing LGBTQI+ lives.
Our very own @ianlekus.bsky.social breaks it down in this powerful piece for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
From Day One, Trump’s anti-refugee agenda has undermined asylum rights — and it’s already costing LGBTQI+ lives.
Our very own @ianlekus.bsky.social breaks it down in this powerful piece for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Solidarity With LGBTQI+ Refugees
The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to enc...
www.hks.harvard.edu
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#WorldRefugeeDay
From Day One, Trump’s anti-refugee agenda has undermined asylum rights — and it’s already costing LGBTQI+ lives.
Our very own @ianlekus.bsky.social breaks it down in this powerful piece for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
From Day One, Trump’s anti-refugee agenda has undermined asylum rights — and it’s already costing LGBTQI+ lives.
Our very own @ianlekus.bsky.social breaks it down in this powerful piece for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Last night, we celebrated pride, visibility, courage & global solidarity with our host, Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason; Spain's trailblazing Senator, Carla Antonelli; and many dozens of LGBTQI+ advocates and allies from all around the world! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🌍 🇮🇪 🇪🇸
June 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Last night, we celebrated pride, visibility, courage & global solidarity with our host, Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason; Spain's trailblazing Senator, Carla Antonelli; and many dozens of LGBTQI+ advocates and allies from all around the world! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🌍 🇮🇪 🇪🇸
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The @globalequality.bsky.social is celebrating pride, visibility, courage and global solidarity at Irish Embassy with partners from around the World! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌍
June 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The @globalequality.bsky.social is celebrating pride, visibility, courage and global solidarity at Irish Embassy with partners from around the World! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌍
CGE is honored to be part of the team that put together this fact sheet outlining the lethal consequences of the Administration's anti-refugee & anti-LGBTQI+ policies & priorities.
A new fact sheet from Human Rights First, Immigration Equality, Rainbow Railroad, ORAM, and the Council for Global Equality documents how the Trump administration's recent executive orders have life-threatening consequences for #LGBTQI+ #refugees.
humanrightsfirst.org/library/trap...
humanrightsfirst.org/library/trap...
June 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
CGE is honored to be part of the team that put together this fact sheet outlining the lethal consequences of the Administration's anti-refugee & anti-LGBTQI+ policies & priorities.
A landmark ruling from the EU Advocate General that Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBTQI+ "propaganda" law violates both the Treaty on European Union and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
www.forbidden-colours.com/2025/06/05/h...
www.forbidden-colours.com/2025/06/05/h...
Historic Opinion confirms Hungary infringed EU law and Article 2 TEU
www.forbidden-colours.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A landmark ruling from the EU Advocate General that Hungary's 2021 anti-LGBTQI+ "propaganda" law violates both the Treaty on European Union and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
www.forbidden-colours.com/2025/06/05/h...
www.forbidden-colours.com/2025/06/05/h...
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Russell Vought denied that Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s agenda—even as the administration revoked humanitarian protections for thousands of legal immigrants in line with its policies. Meanwhile, reproductive health experts warn that Project 2025’s proposals put pregnant women’s lives at risk.
Project 2025 June 4th Update
This week, Russ Vought denied that Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s agenda—even as the administration revoked humanitarian protections for thousands of legal immigrants in line with its policies. Meanw...
globalextremism.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Russell Vought denied that Project 2025 is shaping Trump’s agenda—even as the administration revoked humanitarian protections for thousands of legal immigrants in line with its policies. Meanwhile, reproductive health experts warn that Project 2025’s proposals put pregnant women’s lives at risk.
Bishop Joseph Tolton (@bishoptolton.bsky.social) in theGrio on Trump’s anti-Black agenda: White grievance politics threaten global justice. Read more: thegrio.com/2025/05/21/t...
Trump leans into white grievance politics in tense meeting with South Africa’s president
Critics say Trump's claims about the treatment of white Afrikaners highlights his broader political white grievance agenda.
thegrio.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bishop Joseph Tolton (@bishoptolton.bsky.social) in theGrio on Trump’s anti-Black agenda: White grievance politics threaten global justice. Read more: thegrio.com/2025/05/21/t...
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The face of “African Family Values”.
While they demonize LGBTQI+ Africans and abortion rights defenders as being western imports, this is who is being platformed in Nairobi next week.
While they demonize LGBTQI+ Africans and abortion rights defenders as being western imports, this is who is being platformed in Nairobi next week.
May 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The face of “African Family Values”.
While they demonize LGBTQI+ Africans and abortion rights defenders as being western imports, this is who is being platformed in Nairobi next week.
While they demonize LGBTQI+ Africans and abortion rights defenders as being western imports, this is who is being platformed in Nairobi next week.
Hungary banned Pride, enshrined anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination into its constitution, and is using facial recognition to silence dissent. 22 U.S. Members of Congress urged Sec. Rubio to speak out—we agree. These are attacks on free expression and assembly.
📝 Read the full letter: shorturl.at/iaoWJ
📝 Read the full letter: shorturl.at/iaoWJ
ICYMI: KEATING, TAKANO LEAD COLLEAGUES IN CONDEMNING HUNGARY’S ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATION & CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Today, Subcommittee on Europe Ranking Member Bill Keating and Equality Caucus Co-Chair Mark Takano led 20 colleagues on a letter to Secretary Rubio condemning new Hungarian legislation and constitutio...
equality.house.gov
May 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hungary banned Pride, enshrined anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination into its constitution, and is using facial recognition to silence dissent. 22 U.S. Members of Congress urged Sec. Rubio to speak out—we agree. These are attacks on free expression and assembly.
📝 Read the full letter: shorturl.at/iaoWJ
📝 Read the full letter: shorturl.at/iaoWJ
🚨 In just 100 days, the Trump admin has scapegoated LGBTQI+ people to gut human rights at home and abroad.
Trans and intersex lives are under attack.
The cruelty is deliberate. The consequences are global.
📖 Read more: globalequality.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/t...
#LGBTQI #HumanRights
Trans and intersex lives are under attack.
The cruelty is deliberate. The consequences are global.
📖 Read more: globalequality.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/t...
#LGBTQI #HumanRights
Trump’s Scapegoating of LGBTQI+ Persons: Over 100 Days of Shame
A calculated campaign of cruelty: using LGBTQI+ lives to justify dismantling the very systems meant to protect us all. The Trump Administration’s first 100 days provide a moment for reflection and …
globalequality.wordpress.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 In just 100 days, the Trump admin has scapegoated LGBTQI+ people to gut human rights at home and abroad.
Trans and intersex lives are under attack.
The cruelty is deliberate. The consequences are global.
📖 Read more: globalequality.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/t...
#LGBTQI #HumanRights
Trans and intersex lives are under attack.
The cruelty is deliberate. The consequences are global.
📖 Read more: globalequality.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/t...
#LGBTQI #HumanRights
@beirners.bsky.social on the impact on trans people of the devastating cuts in U.S. HIV funding.
April 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@beirners.bsky.social on the impact on trans people of the devastating cuts in U.S. HIV funding.
1/2: “Stern said the Trump-Vance administration ‘has studied the anti-LGBTQI strategies of other countries and basically imported the worst ideas from around the world: The most violent, the most dehumanizing, the most targeting strategies.’ www.washingtonblade.com/2025/04/01/f...
Former US envoy for global LGBTQ, intersex rights slams Trump
Former President Joe Biden appointed Jessica Stern in 2021
www.washingtonblade.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
1/2: “Stern said the Trump-Vance administration ‘has studied the anti-LGBTQI strategies of other countries and basically imported the worst ideas from around the world: The most violent, the most dehumanizing, the most targeting strategies.’ www.washingtonblade.com/2025/04/01/f...