Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World | The Whe Hoe

Contents:

• EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
• MEMORANDUM ON ADVANCG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PERSONS AROUND THE WORLD
• A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2023

EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS

Our Natn has ma great stris fulfillg the fundamental promis of eedom and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Amerins, owg to the learship of generatns of LGBTQI+ dividuals. Today, Print Bin issued a proclamatn affirmg June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pri Month, markg a time a time of hope, progrs, and promise for LGBTQ+ Amerins across the untry.

Signg and Leadg Implementatn of a Printial Memorandum on Advancg the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Persons Around the World.

” As prevly highlighted by the Whe Hoe, Departments and Agenci are already makg progrs areas towards the goals outled the Printial Memorandum, cludg: strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQ+ people and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQ+ stat or nduct; protect vulnerable LGBTQ+ refuge and asylum seekers; help ensure the Feral Government has a swift and meangful rponse to ser cints that threaten the human rights of LGBTQ+ persons abroad; and build alns wh like-md natns to unter discrimatn agast LGBTQ+ people around the world. The Bin-Harris Admistratn clus barrier-breakg LGBTQ+ lears, cludg Secretary of Transportatn Pete Buttigieg, who is the first openly gay Cabet Secretary nfirmed by the U. Print Bin has assembled the most diverse Admistratn our Natn’s history, and is proud to serve alongsi the 14 percent of all appote who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022

Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pri Month, we reflect on the progrs we have ma as a Natn the fight for jtice, cln, and equaly while reaffirmg our mment to do more to support LGBTQI+ rights at home and abroad.

I am honored by the service of the first openly gay Cabet Secretary and the first transgenr person nfirmed by the Senate and to have been able to tablish the first Whe Hoe Genr Policy Council.

BIDEN JR., Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2022 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Pri Month. Pri is a time to rell the trials the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) muny has endured and to rejoice the triumphs of trailblazg dividuals who have bravely fought — and ntue to fight — for full equaly. BIDEN JR., Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021

This memorandum reaffirms and supplements the prcipl tablished the Printial Memorandum of December 6, 2011 (Internatnal Iniativ to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Persons). That memorandum, for the first time, directed executive partments and agenci (agenci) engaged abroad to ensure that Uned Stat diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons everywhere.

Around the globe, cludg here at home, brave lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) activists are fightg for equal protectn unr the law, eedom om vlence, and regnn of their fundamental human rights. Agenci engaged abroad are directed to strengthen existg efforts to bat the crimalizatn by foreign ernments of LGBTQI+ stat or nduct and expand efforts to bat discrimatn, homophobia, transphobia, and tolerance on the basis of LGBTQI+ stat or nduct. Police had raid the Stonewall Inn — a gay bar loted New York Cy — and for the next six days they clashed wh LGBTQI+ prottors, who bravely stood their ground.

Homophobic and transphobic vrl spewed onle has spilled over to real life, as armed hate groups timidate people at Pri march and drag performanc, and threaten doctors’ offic and children’s hospals that offer re to the LGBTQI+ muny. BIDEN JR., Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2023 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Pri Month. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2016.

MEMORANDUM ON ADVANCG THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PERSONS AROUND THE WORLD

The fight for digny and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people is reflected the tirels ditn of advot and alli who strive to fe a more clive society. We rema mted to addrsg health dispari the LGBT muny -- gay and bisexual men and transgenr women of lor are at a particularly high risk for HIV, and we have worked to strengthen our Natnal HIV/AIDS Strategy to rce new fectns, crease accs to re, and improve health out for people livg wh HIV. Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month, as Amerins wave their flags of pri high and march boldly forward paras and monstratns, let celebrate how far we have e and reaffirm our steadfast belief the equal digny of all Amerins.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2016 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month.

A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2023

Gay, Lbian, bisexual, Transgenr and alli that have been workg their neighborhoods, towns and stat to brg about equaly. And I issued an orr so that any hospal Ameri that accepts Medire or Mediid –- and that means jt about every hospal Ameri -– has to treat gay partners jt as they have to treat straight partners.

) And I jt met Sue Fulton, who was part of the first class of women at Wt Pot, and is an outstandg advote for gay service members. ) It happens when a soldier tells his un that he’s gay, and they say, well, yeah, we knew that –- (lghter) -- but, you know, you’re a good soldier. Sce takg office, Print Obama and his Admistratn have ma historic stris to expand opportuni and advance equaly and jtice for all Amerins, cludg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Amerins.

Insurance pani are no longer able to discrimate agast anyone due to a pre-existg ndn, and bee of the law, surers n no longer turn someone away jt bee he or she is lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. Print Obama veloped and released the first prehensive Natnal HIV/AIDS Strategy for the Uned Stat 2010, updated through 2020, and is implementg to addrs the dispari faced pecially by gay and bisexual men of all rac and ethnici and transgenr women of lor. The Print signed bipartisan legislatn to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell on December 22, 2010, allowg gay, lbian, and bisexual Amerins to serve openly the Armed Forc whout fear of beg dismissed om service bee of who they are and who they love, puttg motn the end of a discrimatory policy that ran unter to Amerin valu.