IGLHRC Commentary: End the Criminal Treatment of LGBT People
The right to dignity and respect by government authorities extends to all people. Yet, every day, around the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are singled out as targets for vicious harassment, abuse, arbitrary arrests, imprisonment (sometimes for life), and even death.

Dispatch from Kayseri, Turkey
IGLHRC's Hossein Alizadeh blogs daily from Kayseri, Turkey, on the plight of gay Iranian refugees in that city.

IGLHRC Welcomes New Staff
In June 2009, we welcomed two new staff members to IGLHRC, both of whom will significantly enhance our capacity to respond to human rights violations around the world.

United States: CGE Press Statement on LGBT Federal Benefits
Washington, DC, June 17, 2009 – During a White House ceremony in the Oval Office this afternoon, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum granting limited domestic partnership benefits to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees of the federal government, including U.S. diplomats serving in the country’s many embassies and missions around the world.