Obama State Department Spends $450,000 Promoting Gay Rights Overseas

AUTHOR Kristin Tate
JUNE 14, 2013 11:01PM PST

$450,000 of YOUR tax dollars will be spent by the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to “to support programs that increase protection of transgender persons who face acute forms of violence and harassment.”

Yes, you read that correctly…
The main purpose of the grant is to “ensure that incidents of violence are documented and investigated and that victims receive appropriate legal redress through domestic, regional, or international human rights mechanisms.”

The bureaus is looking for proposals for the grant. That are seeking those that will “strengthen civil society organizations’ efforts to both document incidents of violence and the investigation process (or lack thereof) and ensure transgender persons have adequate legal representation.”

The proposals also need to “support local civil society organizations to seek redress through regional and international human rights mechanisms and where feasible/appropriate, sensitivity training for law enforcement agencies.”


Applications for the grant were due on May 2, 2013. The State Department has not announced who will receive it yet.

The DRL’s grant is aimed at supporting and working on LGBT issues around the globe, and is administered by the Global Equality Fund.

The grant announcement said, “Programs attributed to the Global Equality Fund are part of DRL’s broader initiative to support and empower marginalized populations, including women, children, persons with disabilities, religious and ethnic minorities, and LGBT persons. This program will focus on providing protection to individuals who experience violence due to their real or perceived gender identity.

“Organizations may submit proposals for any region or country in the world, but proposals for activities in Eastern Europe and Central and South America are strongly encouraged.”

This is all well and good, but tax dollars should not be funding this endeavor. But it’s just so darn easy for bureaucrats to spend money when it’s not their own.

Written by Kristin Tate.

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