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LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. Our government has a moral responsibility to defend and promote these rights – here and everywhere.
Today @StateDept hosted its first-ever policy convening on LGBTQI+ rights and U.S. foreign policy. pic.twitter.com/gVB6Caymzo
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) June 27, 2024
You know, you hear something like this, and you laugh.
But look at what they’re saying.
Antony Blinken, from the US Department of State website:
Defending, promoting LGBTQI+ rights globally is the right thing to do, but beyond that, it’s the smart and necessary thing to do for our country, for our national security, for our well-being. And why is that? It’s pretty basic. If you look around the world and look at the countries that respect the rights of the LGBTQI+ community, they’re more stable, they’re healthier, they’re more prosperous, they’re more democratic. Those that don’t are not. And that’s a pretty basic thing, because a world of stable, healthy, prosperous, democratic countries is a world that’s good for the United States. A world that features the opposite is not. And there is a direct correlation – a direct correlation – between countries that respect these rights and the health of their societies that we see every day.
Is that wrong?
Here, look.
More Blinken:
On his first day in office – and you heard the letter from the President, but on his very first day in office President Biden issued an executive order stating that, and I quote, “All human beings should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.”
It’s as simple as that. LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. And our government has a responsibility to defend them, to promote them – here and everywhere.
Upholding these rights is crucial to safeguarding and accelerating our renewal at home. Our ability to stand up for human rights and democracy internationally is also tied directly to whether we’re strong on these fronts here in our own country. So much of what we do, we see the connections between what we’re doing and how we’re doing at home, what we’re doing and how we’re doing abroad. And this is no different.
It’s also profoundly in our national interest – and vital to our national security, which gets us to what Jessica shared with you earlier; really, the focus that we’re bringing today. But it’s in our national security interest to stand up for LGBTQI+ persons around the world.
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Since 2021, the State Department has helped lead a whole-of-U.S. Government effort to ensure that every person, everywhere, can live free from violence and discrimination, with their equal rights respected.
We’re defending and promoting LGBTQI+ rights around the world, and we’re doing it in several key ways. And that’s what I wanted to just spend a few minutes highlighting for you today.
First, we’re applying diplomatic pressure to urge governments to reverse discriminatory laws and practices. Seven nations have decriminalized consensual same-sex conduct over the past two years. Greece, Liechtenstein, Thailand voted to legalize marriage equality this year. More countries are banning so-called “conversion therapy.”
Now, first and foremost, these achievements are possible because of incredibly courageous human rights defenders and government partners on the ground. But I believe America’s support is indispensable. When we engage – sometimes publicly, sometimes privately, sometimes both – when we share our own knowledge and experience, we can and we do achieve change.
Second, where human rights abuses are carried out against LGBTQI+ persons, we hold the perpetrators accountable. When Uganda enacted its Anti-Homosexuality Act, we redirected U.S. Government assistance so that it doesn’t go to those carrying out this abusive policy, while at the same time increasing aid to Ugandan people who need it more than ever before in the LGBTQI+ community. We sanctioned Ugandan officials who were involved in gross human rights violations. We ended Uganda’s eligibility for beneficial trade status under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act until – until – it repeals the legislation and addresses its human rights situation.
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Today, I’m announcing that the United States is updating our own interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This is one of the key treaties committing nations to upholding universal rights. That means that, starting from now, the United States considers sexual orientation and gender identity as covered by this treaty. (Applause.) In our regular reporting to the council on human rights, we will continue to include incidents of discrimination or abuse committed against LGBTQI+ persons, now with the clear framework of this well-supported interpretation. That will further empower our efforts.
So, I don’t think I invented the slogan, but I popularized the phrase: “No country with gay pride parades has ever won a war.”
That’s factual.
But you know what is also probably a factual slogan?
“No country with gay pride parades ever had a war with another country with gay pride parades.”
It seems to me that is true and will remain true indefinitely. There is no reason for two gay countries to go to war, because they can just get together and have gay sex with each other instead.
