LGBT Tech Featured in Coverage of New Global LGBTQ+ Rights Bill
- Tatyana Ithier
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
LGBT Tech was recently recognized as an endorsing organization in the reintroduction of the International Human Rights Defense Act (IHRDA), a bill led by Congressman Robert Garcia and Senator Ed Markey designed to enhance protections for LGBTQ+ individuals globally. The legislation seeks to create a permanent “Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQ+ Peoples” and ensure that U.S. foreign policy proactively confronts discrimination, violence, and criminalization targeting LGBTQ+ communities.
“The fact that same-sex marriage was challenged here in the United States shows that equality is never something we can take for granted,” said Congressman Robert Garcia. “LGBTQ+ people here at home and around the world continue to face escalating violence, discrimination, and rollbacks of their rights, and we must act now. This bill will stand up for LGBTQ+ communities at home and abroad, and show the world that our nation can be a leader when it comes to protecting dignity and human rights once again.”
This bill has been endorsed by Human Rights Campaign, Rainbow Railroad, American Jewish World Service, Amnesty International USA, CenterLink, Equality California, Fenway Health, Foreign Policy for America, FORGE, Inc., Health GAP, Human Rights First, Immigration Equality Action Fund, International Institute on Race, Equality, and Human Rights, Lambda Legal, LGBT Tech, Movement Advancement Project, National Council of Jewish Women, Oasis Legal Services, ORAM - Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration, Outright International, PFLAG National, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and The Cancer Network.