Today, the Council for Global Equality celebrates the anniversary of the #Stonewall Riots and honors the trans women of color, particularly Martha P. Jonson and Sylvia Rivera, who led this fight against homophobia and transphobia.

Everyone deserves to live openly and without fear. Hear the voices of LGBTQI+ refugees and the organizations that support them. #WorldRefugeeDay These organizations do the work year-round (and they also happen to be members of our coalition!) 🧵

#Juneteenth commemorates the day when 250,000 enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, TX learned of their freedom 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, we honor that legacy of resilience in the face of oppression & the importance of standing with marginalized communities worldwide.

As Secretary Rubio takes the Hill this week, one thing is clear: the Administration’s dismantling of foreign assistance, decimation of democracy and human rights policy, and expansion of the Global Gag Rules undermine U.S. interests. We must demand more. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Every day, we stand alongside our coalition members & partners defending the human rights of #LGBTQI+ people. This #Pride, we celebrate our successes & hopes for the future as we work toward a better tomorrow for everyone, no matter who they are, where they live, or who they love.

Tell your Member of Congress: release all White House and DOJ communications on the @SPLCenter indictment, disclose every nonprofit flagged since January 2025, and expose coordination with financial institutions to cut off civil society. #DissentIsNotACrime

We're proud to be in the fight with The Council for Global Equality to honor #IDAHOBIT2026 and oppose the Trump-Vance administration's expanded Global Gag Rule.

🧵 Today is #IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia & Transphobia. This year's IDAHOBIT theme is "At the heart of democracy,” reminding us of the freedoms we’re fighting for.

Yesterday, Congressional champions committed to health, equity, and human rights introduced legislation that would block the Trump Administration's expanded Global Gag Rules. We are proud to join 85+ organizations in calling this policy out for what it is: cruel and dangerous.

Trump’s FY27 budget proposal puts LGBTQI+ lives at risk at home and around the world. 🌎 We stand ready to work alongside Congressional champions and advocates to defeat this harmful proposal.

Trump's Budget Request shows how far he will go to demonize longstanding, evidence-based foreign assistance. Condoms, contraception, circumcision and services for LGBTQI+ people save lives. Full stop. We look forward to Congress rejecting this yet again. shorturl.at/kITzG

Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling isn't about whether conversion therapy is safe or legal — it's not. CGE stands with our partners around the globe in condemning conversion therapy and working toward a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Such a huge win! Carl would’ve undermined the very position he was nominated for. Rori Kramer of @ajws-humanrights.bsky.social a CGE member, said: “Jeremy Carl wasn’t fit to serve. We oppose any nominee who champions hate.” www.linkedin.com/posts/global...

This week, Caitlin Horrigan, Senior Director of Global Advocacy at the @ppact.org and Beirne Roose-Snyder, Senior Policy Fellow at the @globalequality.bsky.social, talk with us about the Trump administration’s new and purposefully broad expansion on the already-devastating Global Gag Rule. #podcast

🚨 New Episode 🚨 This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to my go to experts on the #GlobalGagRule Caitlin Horrigan w/ @ppact.org & @beirners.bsky.social w/ @globalequality.bsky.social. The admin recently announced a massive expansion of the #GGR and we break it down for y'all. #podcast

Let’s be clear: Congress must refuse to provide one dollar to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the appropriations process and immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill.

As we brace for the Trump Administration to drastically expand the global gag rule and weaponize foreign aid in their attempt to erase transgender, nonbinary, and intersex persons, one thing is clear: cruelty is their point. Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As we brace for the Trump Administration to drastically expand the global gag rule, one thing is clear: cruelty is their point. CGE's Beirne Roose-Snyder notes, “It’s hard for me to even begin to anticipate how destructive this will be.” tinyurl.com/2f5v89vd

Kazakhstan’s Senate has approved discriminatory “anti-LGBTI propaganda” provisions. These vague and censorial laws threaten equality, free expression, journalism, education & healthcare. President Tokayev must reject this law.

This #HumanRightsDay, we are proud to endorse @markey.senate.gov's #InternationalHumanRightsDefenseAct. This bill, unequivocally, recognizes that the rights of LGBTQI+ people around the world are human rights and mandates human rights reporting on criminalization and violence. 🧵⬇️

This year, the State Department slashed reporting on human rights abuses against LGBTQI+ people. Now, they are doubling down on their attempts to ideologically weaponize and redefine human rights worldwide. ⬇️ Thread:

Reintroduced with bipartisan backing, the Global Respect Act affirms on this Transgender Day of Remembrance that no one should face violence for who they are. As Mark Bromley notes, it holds perpetrators accountable. Grateful to Reps. @mcbride.house.gov and Brian Fitzpatrick. 🌍🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 shorturl.at/UXrfL

Approaching #TransDayofRemembrance, we condemn the anti-trans rhetoric from Members of Congress & the violence that trans ppl face every day. The words of decision makers carry power & consequences. Trans ppl deserve to live in a world free w/o hate.🏳️‍⚧️ equality.house.gov/trans-rhetor...

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...

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

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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!

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...

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! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌍 🇮🇪 🇪🇸

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 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...

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...

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.

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

🚨 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

@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...

Our friends at Justice for Prosperity & their partners have produced this urgent documentary, "The Threat of the Ultra-Conservative," that sheds light on the significant influence of U.S.-based conservative lobby groups in Europe & Africa. Now available in English. www.linkedin.com/posts/justic...

Transgender day of visibility is more important than ever this year!