Equality groups denounce Richard Grenell, say he doesn’t speak for LGBTQ community
making headlines earlier this week for his unabashed support of the president and his defense of Trump’s LGBTQ record, Grenell’s speech made no reference to defending LGBTQ rights abroad, despite having touted a Trump administration initiative aimed at encouraging close to 70 countries, where same-sex relations are punishable by prison or death, to repeal their laws criminalizing homosexuality.Related: HRC ad refutes claim that Trump is the “most pro-gay president in American history”At the time the initiative was announced, many critics alleged that the administration had only adopted the initiative in order to pressure allies, specifically those in Europe, to take a more oppositional stance towards Iran by highlighting the Iranian
