Former gay ambassador launches new rights group

Michael Guest, formerly the United States ambassador to Romania, is helping to launch a new group that will push America's government to support LGBT rights on the world stage. The openly gay Guest is a paid adviser to the Council for Global Equality, which will have its first meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 23.

The council, whose Web site is slated to go live this month, is a collaboration between LGBT and straight groups that work on human rights internationally.

"Its purpose is to make the United States government and the State Department stand up for global LGBT human rights," explained Guest during an interview last month in Washington, D.C. at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association's LGBT Media Summit.

 

Former gay ambassador launches new rights group
Bay Area Reporter, CA