Council for Global Equality Non-Profit Soapbox

  • The Council for Global Equality is a coalition of prominent U.S.-based human rights and LGBTQI+ advocacy organizations that together encourage a clear U.S. voice for the human rights of LGBTQI+ communities around the world. Read our new Guide to U.S. Embassies.
 
 

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  • “We closed the doors, but it didn’t help. LGBT people in Russia have become extremists”
    Guest post from Yaroslav Rasputin, Parni PLUS (Guys PLUS) There’s a scared young man inside the cage that holds defendants in the Russian courts. Soon, he will be replaced by a woman from the same bar, and then they will both be taken to their cells. This cage will likely witness the first case of […]
  • Fleeing for Identity: The Plight of LGBTQI+ Refugees and the Welcome Corps Initiative
    The journey of fleeing one’s homeland is riddled with adversity for all individuals. But for those who identify as LGBTQI+, escaping persecution rooted in their sexual orientation or their gender identity/expression adds an extra layer of vulnerability. The myriad significant challenges confronting LGBTQI+ individuals worldwide, compelling them to seek refuge, and the multifaceted issues they […]
  • Celebrating Global Trans Advocates
    These days, whether we’re looking at Texas and Florida or at Russia and Argentina, it’s far too easy to find authoritarian leaders who are weaponizing transphobia. Just the other week, we wrote about how the right-wing extremist forces behind Project 2025 are putting demonizing transgender people at the heart of their plan to undermine American […]