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 warning on the "Project 2025" agenda and its impact on LGBTQI+ communities.

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LGBTQI+ inclusion IS effective development

(This opinion piece was originally published in Devex on February 12, 2025) Opinion: LGBTQI+ inclusion is imperative for effective aid and development To development organizations that survive the Trump administration aid purge: Please remember to leave no one behind, not even LGBTQI+ persons. By Mark Bromley and Julie Dorf The Trump administration’s cruel and shortsighted […]
Defend, Delay, Litigate: Resisting the New Authoritarianism

Over the course of the first two weeks of the second Trump administration, we’ve seen the Project 2025 agenda for autocratic rule rolled out with remarkable precision. Yes, there have been a few clumsy missteps, especially from acting officials in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). But the sheer speed and staggering scope of […]
Marco Rubio and LGBTQI+ Human Rights

In his Senate confirmation hearing this week to serve as Secretary of State, Senator Rubio noted the immediate challenges facing the United States: “we must now confront the single greatest risk of geopolitical instability and generational global crisis in the lifetime of anyone alive here today.” He also demonstrated that after years of service on […]