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!

1/2: On this #TransgenderDayOfVisibility, we celebrate the creativity, resilience, & contributions of #transgender and #genderdiverse people around the world. Our colleagues' work show “visibility shifts narratives” & how “transgender people will never stop” building communities.

As we head into International Women's Day & CSW69 and we celebrate LBQ women's progress since Beijing 95, we must fight hard against the extreme right governments (the U.S. included) & the trans-exclusionary "feminists" pushing gender apartheid under the guise of protecting women & girls.

(1/2) Before Chief Justice Roberts bailed out Trump and Pete Marocco last night, Secretary Rubio had determined that some urgent foreign assistance programs are in fact both a matter of life and death and vital to U.S. national interests. www.devex.com/news/supreme...

CPAC is back in DC, gleefully celebrating the brutal assault on inclusive liberal democracy. Read up on the unholy MAGA marriage of libertarianism & dominionism determined to destroy the secular state, in the United States & around the world.

Today's Congressional hearings, full of outright lies, were a manufactured event with no intent to investigate fraud. Instead, they were organized after the fact by some of the GOP's most extreme far-right members to justify Musk's illegal attempt to dismantle USAID. #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

Incredible news! The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order. The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care. ACLU statement here:

1/2: We know that the vast majority of LGBTQI+ organizations dedicated to supporting some of the world’s most marginalized & persecuted communities hold out little hope of receiving any further funding after the Trump administration’s 90-day suspension of U.S. foreign aid. #devex

As the Trump-Musk Administration continues using homophobia and transphobia to wage war on democracy, at home and around the globe, Jessica Stern, the former Special Envoy for LGBTQI+ Human Rights, speaks up on what we're up against.

USAID’s inspector general—presumably operating from a remote base in the mountains—has just released a report on the staggering effect of the Trump Administration’s assault on the agency. oig.usaid.gov/sites/defaul...

Trump's power grab mirrors tactics used by Orbán and Putin—purging the federal workforce, attacking the press, demonizing immigrants & LGBTQ+ rights, and targeting human rights organizations. His ties to these authoritarian regimes reveal a troubling pattern. globalextremism.org/post/trumps-...

1/5: Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year. Tell Congress to https://buff.ly/3Qbvz9F #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

Excellent: Holding the Trump administration accountable for dangerous anti-trans rhetoric and executive orders. Shameful: Omitting the role that the Times and the Times Opinion page played in creating this deeply hostile, anti-trans moment in America.

All women and girls, everywhere in the world, deserve to play sports freely and fairly. These politicians should stop making problems and actually solve some.

Intersex people have existed since the beginning of time and will exist until the end of time. No law, executive order, judge or advocate of pseudoscience can erase us. Their goal is to conceal any existence outside of an impossibly narrow sex binary. Our existence is resistance.

Intersex people are threatened by every executive order, law and ruling that attempt to strip human rights from transgender people. Our access to hormones, rights to access bathrooms and play sports, and notably our demand to freedom from infant genital mutilation are at stake.