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President Biden names Jessica Stern as Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons

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presidential memorandum, issued by Biden in February, directing executive departments and agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S.

diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBTQI+ people around the world.That memorandum, in part, directs agencies to strengthen any existing efforts to push foreign governments to rescind any laws that criminalize LGBTQ people, or overlook violence or discrimination against LGBTQ people at the hands of both state and non-state actors; to protect vulnerable LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers; to take a country’s record of human rights, including the rights of LGBTQI+ people, into account when making decisions regarding foreign aid; and respond swiftly and meaningfully to.

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