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Congressional Equality Caucus
The Congressional Equality Caucus, formerly the Congressional LGBTQ+ Caucus, was formed by Coming out, openly gay representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank June 4, 2008, to advance LGBT rights in the United States, LGBT+ rights. The caucus is co-chaired by the United States House of Representatives' ten openly LGBT, LGBTQ members: Representatives Becca Balint, David Cicilline, Angie Craig, Sharice Davids, Robert Garcia (California politician), Robert Garcia, Chris Pappas (politician), Chris Pappas, Mark Pocan, Eric Sorensen (politician), Eric Sorensen, Mark Takano, and Ritchie Torres. With over 175 members the Congressional Equality Caucus became the largest caucus during the 117th United States Congress session. Mission The mission of the caucus is to work for LGBT rights by country or territory, LGBTQ rights, the repeal of laws discriminatory against LGBTQ persons, the elimination of hate crimes, hate-motivated violence, and improved health and well-being for all person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBTQ Rights
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, Bisexuality, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the Capital punishment for homosexuality, death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , 33 countries recognized same-sex marriage. By contrast, not counting non-state actors and extrajudicial killings, only two countries are believed to impose the death penalty on consensual same-sex sexual acts: LGBT rights in Iran, Iran and LGBT rights in Afghanistan, Afghanistan. The death penalty is de jure, officially law, but generally de facto, not practiced, in LGBT rights in Mauritania, Mauritania, LGBT rights in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, LGBT rights in Somalia, Somalia (in the autonomous state of Jubaland) and the LGBT rights in United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates. As well as, LGBT people face extrajudicial killings in the Russian region of Chechnya. LGBT rights in Sudan, Sudan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
