Joe Biden has signed a historic presidential memorandum pledging to support LGBTQ rights worldwide.It builds upon a 2011 directive issued when Biden was serving as Vice President: work that was largely abandoned during the Trump years.Biden announced the memo during a speech at the State Department yesterday in which he outlined U.S.
Foreign Policy going forward and pledged to rebuild alliances abroad.“To further repair our moral leadership, I’m also issuing a presidential memo to agencies to reinvigorate our leadership on the LGBTQI issues and do it internationally,” he said.“We’ll ensure diplomacy and foreign assistance are working to promote the rights of those individuals, included by combating criminalization and protecting LGBTQ.