Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights

"The human rights of LGBT people aren’t special or separate or optional—they follow from and are part of universal commitments." Daniel Baer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, August 26, 2011.

• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Rights in the Russian Federation, July 19, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on Denial of Freedom of Assembly and Violence Against LGBT Individuals, May 24, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, May 17, 2012
  
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Rights in the Russian Federation and Moldova, March 22, 2012 (PDF 144kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Daniel B. Baer's Statement on Protecting Rights of LGBT People, March 7, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Legislation in the Russian Federation, Feb. 16, 2012 (PDF 65kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Daniel B. Baer's Statement on LGBT Issues and U.S. Policy, Jan. 31, 2012 
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Legislation in the Russian Federation, Dec. 1, 2011 (PDF 65kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Daniel Baer's Keynote Address to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, Aug. 26, 2011
• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Remarks at 2011 Celebration of LGBT Pride Month, June 27, 2011
• State Department  Briefing on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resolution at UN Human Rights Council, June 17, 2011
  

• USOSCE Statement on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, May 19, 2011 (PDF 43kB)