Around the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people face discrimination, violence and serious threats to basic human rights. LGBTI activists work with governments through various fora to address these issues, including through the Human Rights Council and other multilateral mechanisms. Recently, Latin American countries headed a ground breaking resolution for the first UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Human Rights Council.
Read MoreCollectively we’ve got some of the sharpest minds in law, advocacy, and academia here, and so I doubt anything I say tonight is going to be new to you. And yet, it seems to me that in the debate around human rights and national security, we are losing sight of some pretty fundamental issues.
I hope you will bear with me as I walk you through what I think those are.
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