NEWS FLASH

State Department Releases LGBT-Inclusive Annual Report On Human Rights | Today, the State Department released its annual report on human rights, which details how countries have been treating their citizens. According to the introduction, “In many countries there was an uptick in discrimination against members of racial and ethnic minorities; people with disabilities; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) people, all of whom were frequent targets of abuse, discrimination, and violence.” U.S. foreign and trade policy must take countries’ human rights performance under consideration.