The White House
First Lady Jill Biden headlined an event at the U.N. General Assembly focused on promoting LGBTQ and intersex rights globally. Such events raise concerns about the imposition of Western cultural norms onto nations with differing moral and religious frameworks.The promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights abroad has been a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris administration’s overall foreign policy, as is evidenced by his 2016 appearance at another LGBTI Core Group meeting as Vice-president.
U.S. Congress
The “End Tuberculosis Now” Act passed the Senate, which hides in it programs and funds for organizations that integrate tuberculosis with “sexual and reproductive health.” This type of programming also allows groups that promote sexual rights, comprehensive sexuality education, and abortion to siphon funds away from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS programs to promote their controversial social policies. The group “2gether 4 SRHR” brags in their 2019 report about having coached the government of Malawi “to mobilize approximately US$ 650 million through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—and approximately US$ 135 million through the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—in support of programs for SRHR, HIV, and sexual and gender-based violence in 2018.” The bill’s fate depends on the House.
State Department
Michèle Taylor, US Ambassador to the UN in Geneva,emphasized the need to recognize all family structures, touching on a sensitive issue—how to define the family. While advocating for inclusivity, the speech indirectly critiques nations that adhere to traditional family models, framing this adherence as discriminatory. The push for the recognition of diverse forms of the family at the UN is not new.Ambassador Michèle Taylor said "Some Member States have attempted to use the UN system and/or domestic legislation to define what a family can be or use restrictive definitions as a thinly veiled attempt to advance an anti-LGBTQI+ agenda.
