U S promotes gay rights abroad amid domestic division
Obama pushes global LGBT rights via embassies as five openly gay ambassadors operate worldwide. Poland, Nigeria, Russia face backlash while Uganda enacts life sentences for gay sex. Matched by Western funding, diplomacy and protests shape local progress and risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Barack Obama
U.S
United States
Vietnam
Senate
Nigeria
Russia
Mariusz Kurc
Replika
George W. Bush
Obama
Hillary Clinton
United Nations
Geneva
State Department
Global Equality Fund
Supreme Court
Jake Lees
Austin Armacost
Lees
London
Franklin
Ind
Armacost
Brian Brown
National Organization For Marriage
Brown
Scott Busby
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Tel Aviv
Prague
Randa Marcos
Middle East
Uganda
Yoweri Museveni
Also Mentioned on This Page
West
Africa
John Kerry
Nazi Germany
South Africa
Vladimir Putin
Moscow
Jessica Stern
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan
Senegal
Macky Sall
Sall
Stern
Busby
Dennis
Judy Shepard
Matthew Shepard
Wyoming College
Akceptacia
Tamara Aliasz
Wyoming
Oslo
Lennox
AOO
Energy1heating.com
OH LK
Lennox Industries Inc
Zaler
Ord
Liberty
Mensliberty.com