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# Biden pledges to fight for global LGBTQ+ rights
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-pledges-to-fight-for-global-lgbtq-rights/
- Published: 2021-02-07T09:09:02.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-07T08:43:24.000Z
- Description: On February 4, US president Joe Biden issued a presidential memorandum, pledging to fight for LGBTQ+ rights across the globe.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, US, Washington DC

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On **February 4**, **US** president **Joe Biden** issued a presidential memorandum, pledging to fight for LGBTQ+ rights across the globe. In a speech to the state department, reported by the [*Washington Blade*](https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/02/04/biden-memorandum-to-reinvigorate-us-leadership-on-global-lgbtq-rights/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Biden vowed to *“reinvigorate our leadership on LGBTQ+ issues and to do it internationally,”* adding: *“We will ensure diplomacy and foreign assistance are working to promote the rights of those individuals included by combatting criminalization and promoting LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers”*.

He said the US *“cannot afford to be absent any longer on the world stage”*, and that his administration will encourage national and global equality: *“When we defend equal rights of the people the world over, of women and girls, of LGBTQ+ individuals, indigenous communities and people with disabilities, the people of every ethnic background and religion, we also ensure that those rights are protected for our own children here in America.”* White House national security adviser, **Jake Sullivan**, said Biden’s memorandum *“reflects his deep commitment to these issues both here in the United States and everywhere around the world.”*

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Since coming into power in January, Biden has issued a handful of pro-LGBTQ+ executive orders. One will ensure all LGBTQ+ Americans are [protected from discrimination](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-signs-order-protecting-lgbtq-people-from-discrimination/), which **Human Rights Campaign** president, **Alphonso David**, dubbed *“ the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United States president.”* First lady **Jill Biden** has also been showing her support for the LGBTQ+ community, having [recently visited ](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/jill-biden-visits-lgbtq-health-centre/)the **Whitman-Walker Health Centre** in **Washington DC**, which specialises in LGBTQ+ healthcare and HIV/AIDS treatment.

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