Happy #WomensDay! The #LGBTQI+ community🏳️🌈 - and indeed the world - owes a debt of gratitude to all the trans women who have fought for our future. Today we're spotlighting Alba Rueda of #Argentina, Bhumika Shrestha of #Nepal & Nisha Ayub of #Malaysia ⬇️ https://t.co/bMLlOq9WXM
When we talk about ending #conversiontherapy, the conversation must include nonconsensual surgeries & hormonal therapies aimed at erasing a minor’s intersex traits 👇 On #IntersexDay & every day, we'll fight for the #intersex community. https://t.co/c0JCuOCjy1
So proud to visit #LGBTQI refugees in Tijuana with @RepRuiz and other fierce Congressional allies for equality. We must open the US border to refugees!
Today, as @HispanicCaucus Chair and as a trained humanitarian, I visited the U.S-Mexico border to assess the vulnerabilities of LGBTQI migrants and help provide humanitarian protections that are consistent with our American laws and their human rights.
I visited Tijuana with congressional colleagues and advocates from @Global_Equality to learn more about the threats LGBTQ+ asylum seekers face and what we can do to help. I’ll never stop working for human rights for LGBTQ+ folks and asylees, on both sides of the border.
I’m urging the @StateDept to allow U.S. diplomats to discuss the advancement of marriage equality.
@RepCicilline, the @LGBTEqCaucus chair, @repdinatitus, and over 60 House Democrats support repealing this outdated policy.
LGBTQ rights are human rights. https://t.co/PaCxNyxEdi
In her confirmation hearing to become ambassador to #Ghana, Amb. Virginia Palmer was asked by @ChrisVanHollen about the country’s concerning record on #LGBTQ rights. Here’s her insightful, heartfelt reply:
“Thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on the #LGBTQI+ community in #Afghanistan & the particular threat they find themselves under" @SecBlinken to @RepCicilline after Cicilline asks about implementation of our 10-point plan to protect refugees. https://t.co/JD3wpXHp6v