A coalition of LGBTQ global human rights organizations recently delivered 10,500 signatures to the White House calling for the adoption of its 10-point action plan to evacuate and support LGBTQ Afghan refugees from the war-torn country.
The Human Rights Campaign, along with the Council for Global Equality, Immigration Equality, International Refugee Assistance Project, Rainbow Railroad, and the Organization for Refuge Asylum and Migration urged the Biden administration to adopt their plan to expedite and ease the refugee process for LGBTQ Afghans following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August.
Delivery of the signed petition comes a month after a virtual HRC panel discussion in September during which LGBTQ global activists and