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
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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.
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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.”
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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.
The #InternationalHumanRightsDefenseAct is a legislative fix. It codifies the position of the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons and mandates reporting. Thank you to @markey.senate.gov and the 30+ Senators who demand equality and justice for all.
This is unacceptable. We are suing the State Department for information on the 2024 Human Rights Reports because we refuse to accept the erasure of anyone's rights. Human rights are for all, without exception.
Unfortunately, despite decades of bipartisan reporting, the Trump administration deleted information on LGBTQI+ persons and other minorities in the State Department's 2024 Human Rights Reports and will be further weaponizing the 2025 reports to advance their anti-trans agenda.
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 isn’t human rights reporting. It is a blatant extremist takeover of longstanding U.S. foreign policy.
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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.
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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. 🌍🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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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.🏳️⚧️
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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...
