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Working internationally on human rights and freedoms for LGBT+ people and other marginalised groups.
Earlier this week we also updated travel advice on Hungary following the introduction of laws that could be used to ban future Pride marches:
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The UK has updated travel advice for #TrinidadandTobago with new information that consensual same-sex activity between men is now a crime punishable by up to five years imprisonment:
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Post from X / Twitter from FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty MP: The decision in Hungary to further restrict LGBT+ rights in the country is a deeply worrying crackdown on essential freedoms. Discrimination on any grounds has no place in democratic society, and is counter to core European values.
22.03.2025 02:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are core European values.
Restricting the human rights of one group risks the human rights of all. This was a dark day for Europe.
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Hard-won gains on LGBT+ rights are under threat, increasing the risk of violence against LGBT+ people worldwide.
The UK Government has committed an additional £250k in match funding to the GiveOut Solidarity Fund, meaning the impact of *your* donations will be doubled!
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Happening Now - UK Parliament marking the importance of LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Watch here:
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, HM The King warns of the depths to which humanity can sink if evil is allowed to flourish.
Survivors like Lily Ebert "taught us to cherish our freedom to challenge prejudice and never to be a bystander in the face of violence and hate".
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Brilliant to see the Global Equality Caucus at the Equal Rights Coalition.
Representatives from Botswana 🇧🇼, Colombia 🇨🇴, The Gambia 🇬🇲, Liberia 🇱🇷, Mexico 🇲🇽, Seychelles 🇸🇨, Uganda 🇺🇬 and the UK 🇬🇧 highlighting the importance of legislators in advancing human rights compliant laws and policies.
A photo of Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing attendees at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference
A photo of Lisa Paus, German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, addressing attendees at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference
Joleen Mataele (TCEN), Dame Angela Eagle (UK Minister of State), and Alex Farrow (Kaleidoscope Trust) at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference.
The UK is at the Equal Rights Coalition Conference here in Berlin to work with our global partners in the fight against pushback of LGBT+ rights.
The UK is committed to advancing the human rights of LGBT+ people all over the world🌍🏳️🌈⚧️
#EqualSafeFree
German Federal Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, highlights the alarming backlash against the rights of LGBT+ people, women and girls.
Everyone needs to speak out in defence of human rights and act to protect LGBT+ people from rising levels of violence and hate.
#EqualRightsConference
Kicking off the Equal Rights Coalition, the UN High Commissioner Volker Türk makes clear that LGBT+ rights are human rights.
We must stand together to defend human rights and freedoms of all people.
Transgender Day of Remembrance is a reminder of the very real impact of hate and discrimination.
Nobody should face violence, persecution or even death for simply existing. #TDoR
So much brilliant advocacy at the ILGA World Conference in Cape Town last week.
Human rights defenders, governments, parliamentarians, business, and importantly philanthropists coming together to advance LGBT+ rights around the world 👇
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