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# OutRight Action International statement on outcome of the US Election
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/outright-action-international-statement-on-outcome-of-the-us-election/
- Published: 2020-11-08T12:03:38.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-08T12:03:38.000Z
- Description: “OutRight looks forward to working with the Biden/Harris Administration to reestablish respect for LGBTQ+ rights throughout US foreign policy.”
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Comment, Community, Information, News, Opinion, Politics, Pride, Biden, election, human rights, Joe Biden, LGBT, LGBTQ, Outright Action International, US Election

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Jessica Stern

**Jessica Stern**, Executive Director of LGBTQ+ human rights organisation **OutRight Action International**, has welcomed the announcement of **Joe Biden** and **Kamala Harris** as the President and Vice-President Elect, believing the outcome of this election has far-reaching implications for LGBTQ+ people globally.

“OutRight has fought to promote the human rights of LGBTQ+ people internationally. Sixty-seven countries continue to criminalise same-sex relations, while only five ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’. In too many places, international standards, which the **Trump Administration** actively undermined, are the only avenue for the recognition of the human rights of LGBTQ+ people. Even in 2020, there is not one country in the world where LGBTQ+ people live with full safety, rights and dignity.

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“OutRight looks forward to working with the **Biden/Harris Administration** to reestablish respect for LGBTQ+ rights throughout US foreign policy. We will also hold the Biden/Harris Administration accountable for an intersectional human rights agenda that values LGBTQ+ people, people of colour, immigrants, women and other vulnerable groups. Specifically OutRight will look to the new administration to:

- Restore support for and participation in UN agencies and mechanisms, including seeking to rejoin the **UN Human Rights Council** and the **World Health Organisation**, and to ratify major human rights treaties from the **United Nations** and **Organisation of American States**;
- Renounce the harmful definition of human rights based on ‘natural law’ and ‘natural rights’ used by the Trump Administration’s **Commission on Unalienable Rights** and reaffirm a commitment to international human rights standards;
- Appoint and resource a **Special Envoy** on LGBTQ+ rights established under the **Obama Administration**;
- Remove religious exemptions to US policies;
- Return to an inclusive definition of gender encompassing of all gender identities;
- Revoke the **Mexico City Policy** and reinstate support for sexual and reproductive health and rights;
- Increase funding from **USAID** and the **US State Department** for LGBTQ+ civil society organisations working to promote LGBTQ+ rights worldwide.

“The fight for LGBTQ+ equality is far from over, but this is a new day of hope.”

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