Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights

"The human rights of LGBT people aren’t special or separate or optional—they follow from and are part of universal commitments." Daniel Baer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, August 26, 2011.

• USOSCE Statements at the Tirana High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, May 21 & 22, 2013
• USOSCE Statement on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), May 16, 2013
• Statement on LGBT Harassment and Political Prisoners in Belarus, Feb. 14, 2013
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Rights in the Russian Federation, Jan. 31, 2013
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Rights in the Russian Federation, July 19, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on Denial of Freedom of Assembly and Violence Against LGBT Individuals, May 24, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Rights in the Russian Federation and Moldova, March 22, 2012 (PDF 144kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Daniel B. Baer's Statement on Protecting Rights of LGBT People, March 7, 2012
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Legislation in the Russian Federation, Feb. 16, 2012 (PDF 65kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Daniel B. Baer's Statement on LGBT Issues and U.S. Policy, Jan. 31, 2012 
• USOSCE Statement on LGBT Legislation in the Russian Federation, Dec. 1, 2011 (PDF 65kB)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Daniel Baer's Keynote Address to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, Aug. 26, 2011
• State Department  Briefing on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resolution at UN Human Rights Council, June 17, 2011