Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday reaffirmed the Biden administration’s foreign policy will promote LGBTQ rights around the world. “We will stand firm behind our commitments to human rights, democracy, the rule of law,” said Blinken in a speech he delivered at the State Department. “And we’ll stand up against injustice toward women and girls, LGBTQI people, religious minorities, and people of all races and ethnicities.” President Biden last month issued a memorandum that committed the U.S.
to promoting LGBTQ rights abroad. The Obama administration in 2011 issued a similar directive. The Trump White in 2019 tapped then-U.S.