1st ever LGBTQ🏳🌈 #MSC event. #NotACrime: Decriminalizing Homosexuality with U.S. Ambassadors Kelly Craft & @RichardGrenell, Latvian Foreign Minister @edgarsrinkevics, the Harvey Milk Foundation, Levis Maina Ndertu, Hadi Damien, BBC‘s Ali Hamedani. A true @BGA_Initiative moment pic.twitter.com/oXFXyCFBn9
— Claudia Oeking (@ClaudiaOeking) February 14, 2020
Daimler becomes the latest private sector company to support our Decriminalization of Homosexuality campaign. 69 countries will arrest you for being gay - and it’s wrong. https://t.co/d6kp9pQa17
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 14, 2020
Happening now at Hypovereinsbank: Panel on #Decriminalization - 69 countries still criminalize #LGBTI persons. #NotACrime
— US-Botschaft Berlin (@usbotschaft) February 14, 2020
Amb. Grenell: “We need our leaders, we need the West to stand up and speak.” #MSC2020 pic.twitter.com/tpBHQ1V2VO
Thank you #MSC2020 for asking the Harvey Milk Foundation to host historic first LGBT rights session today in Munich. Sharing the stage with openly LGBT leaders from Africa, Asia, N America, the Middle East & even the Baltic region from all political parties pic.twitter.com/H737ey0Vbm
— Stuart Milk (@StuartMilk) February 14, 2020
@RichardGrenell and @HMilkFoundation will be remembered in the history of the LGBTI movements for what they’ve done at #MSC2020 for the 1st time in it’s history;They’ve addressed the hostile attitude of 69 countries against the LGBTI community as a danger to the world’s security https://t.co/EWP2qjijhW
— Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) February 16, 2020
Today I’ll be moderating a panel at the @MunSecConf about #Decriminalization of #homosexuality US ambassador @RichardGrenell Latvian MFA @edgarsrinkevics @HMilkFoundation director @StuartMilk @HadiDamien of @BeirutPride and Kenyan champion of diversity @NderituLevis will join me
— Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) February 14, 2020
As we defend American values, we affirm the right of all to live in dignity & are working w/other nations to stop criminalizing homosexuality. We stand in solidarity with #LGBTQ people who live in countries that punish, jail or execute people based on sexual orientation. #MSC2020 pic.twitter.com/41MA9U6Q29
— Ambassador Kelly Craft (@USAmbUN) February 14, 2020
They can live their own lives without caring too much about what is happening to other LGBTI people around the world. It amazed me how they care and act! PROUD and LOUD. Beyond politics. 69 countries criminalised homosexuality, 10 kill them. But things are changing 👇 pic.twitter.com/Xiwu0Dg6RW
— Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) February 14, 2020
I was very emotional remembering the long tough journey but @MunSecConf #notacrime panel by @HMilkFoundation made me hopeful. Great to hear the amazing, without border works of @RichardGrenell @StuartMilk @edgarsrinkevics @HadiDamien @NderituLevis .Thanks for what you are doing
— Ali Hamedani (@BBCHamedani) February 14, 2020