Obama's 6 Gay U.S. Ambassadors Are Leadg the Global Fight for LGBT Rights

Contents:

• GAY AMBASSADOR RUF GIFFORD: AMERI’S FIRST HANDSHAKE!
• OBAMA’S 6 GAY U.S. AMBASSADORS ARE LEADG THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR LGBT RIGHTS
• OPENLY GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY MAK REPUBLIN HISTORY
• JAM HORMEL, FIRST OUT GAY US AMBASSADOR, AD AT AGE 88
• BEG GAY THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: A PERSONAL ACUNT
• THE SIX OPENLY GAY U.S. AMBASSADORS WERE TOGETHER ONE ROOM
• JAM HORMEL, AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY AMBASSADOR, DI AT 88
• OPN WHY HAVE THERE BEEN SO FEW OPENLY GAY AMBASSADORS?

GAY AMBASSADOR RUF GIFFORD: AMERI’S FIRST HANDSHAKE!

“I thk about the fact that so many gay women and men were not allowed to have posns like this the State Department for so long, ” he said. And I also thk about the fact that there have been many before me who paved the way, cludg Jam Hormel, who as ambassador to Luxembourg unr Print Clton was the first openly gay ambassador. "I thk about the fact that so many gay women and men were not allowed to have posns like this the State Department for so long, " he said.

Grenell, a nservative and stnch Tmp supporter, hasn't been a favore of LGBTQ+ activists at home or abroad, and he has been cricized by German policians who felt he was tryg to terfere the natn's domtic was tasked wh leadg the Tmp admistratn's efforts to crimalize homosexualy the natns where remas a crime, somethg at odds wh the admistratn's anti-LGBTQ+ polici at home -- and Tmp's zs wh some eply homophobic and transphobic foreign lears, such as Brazilian Print Jair actg director of natnal telligence ma Grenell the first openly gay person to lead a Cabet-level partment the U. Those who head Cabet and equivalent partments on an terim basis don't generally receive the chairs, but Grenell said an Instagram post that Tmp gave him the chair bee for Grenell to be the first out gay person such a posn was "a big al.

OBAMA’S 6 GAY U.S. AMBASSADORS ARE LEADG THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR LGBT RIGHTS

Although Hormel was emently qualified for the post and quickly won approval om the Senate Foreign Relatns Commtee, he was subjected to an ugly nfirmatn battle durg which he was famed and beltled by homophobic GOP senators such as Jse Helms and John Ashcroft.

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OPENLY GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY MAK REPUBLIN HISTORY

The six currently servg openly gay ambassadors recently participated a panel discsn — sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, the Harvey Milk Foundatn, and GLIFAA, an anizatn for LGBT foreign service employe — at the Newsm Washgton, D. Particularly tertg is the ntrast between the experienc of Brewster the Domin Republic, which crimaliz homosexualy, and Gifford Denmark, a notably gay-iendly untry. Ex-print of the natn’s Evangelil Conaterny, Cristóbal Cardozo, lled the appotment “an sult to good Domin ctoms” and said is appropriate to send such an ambassador to “a untry where homosexual relatnships are not approved, neher legally nor morally.

Ambassador Brewster and his hband have persevered a untry that penaliz homosexualy and nstutnally bans same-sex marriage. The digny and rolutens of Ambassador Brewster the face of sult offers hope to those who are unable to stand up to homophobia themselv; and Baer’s nunciatn of Rsia’s anti-propaganda law gas creased credibily bee of his openns as to his own sexualy. The appotment of openly gay ambassadors helps fulfill Print Obama’s mpaign pledge to make the face of the Amerin ernment more reprentative of the natn’s people.

JAM HORMEL, FIRST OUT GAY US AMBASSADOR, AD AT AGE 88

"“He has now officially bee the hight rankg openly gay official ever a Republin admistratn, " Angelo said a statement sent to NBC News.

"Dpe the termable lays of Democrats hell-bent on standg on the wrong si of history, today the Uned Stat Senate nfirmed a gay nomee not ‘ spe of’ Republins, or ‘wh Republin support, ’ but bee of Republin support. "Havg a Republin print appot an openly gay man as an ambassador to one of our important alli such as Germany speaks volum to the fluence that the LGBTQ [muny] has polics the Uned Stat, " Fowlk told NBC News via email. An anizatn for Amerin LGBTQ members of the State Department, cludg Ambassadors, is the Gay and Lbians Foreign Affairs Agenci (GLIFAA).

BEG GAY THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: A PERSONAL ACUNT

Jam Hormel, the first out gay person to serve as a US ambassador and a San Francis philanthropist, has died at the age of 88.

Hormel served as US ambassador to Luxembourg om 1999 to 2000, weatherg homophobic attacks and fierce opposn to him beg a foreign envoy. The Senate Foreign Relatns Commtee advanced Hormel’s nomatn to the full US Senate that year, but a vote was blocked by nservative Republins, who were outspoken agast Hormel’s gay rights advocy. He ntributed to several , cludg HIV/AIDS service anizatns and a breast ncer group, and donated to create the San Francis Public Library’s Gay and Lbian Center.

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JAM HORMEL, AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY AMBASSADOR, DI AT 88

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