What have the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) done for homosexual equality and rights?
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded by Julie Dorf in 1990, believing that all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity and HIV status, deserve equal rights. Here are some achievements they have accomplished for LGBT people:
1991: IGLHRC campaigns successfully to ensure the Amnesty International (an international human rights organisation) includes abuses against LGBT people on their mandate stating that all people being detained for their beliefs, gender or nationality who have not used or supported violence shall be freed.
1992: Helps win an asylum for a 28 year old gay man from Argentina - the very first time protection has been granted to someone running from discrimination because of their sexual orientation.
1993: Convinced the U.S. State Department to include harassment to LGBT people in the annual human rights report.
1995: IGLHRC gives lesbian issues a clear public importance by making sure sexual rights are included on the official discussions at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.
2003: IGLHRC works with the U.S. State Department, promoting immigration and protection policies that are supportive of LGBT issues.
2006: IGLHRC gains the release of 11 gay men being held for sexual orientation in Cameroon.