I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6056 
To establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human 
Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. GARCIA of California (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
PETERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. TLAIB, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. AMO, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. DAVIDS of 
Kansas, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. NADLER, 
Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. LAR-
SEN of Washington, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. BELL, Ms. TITUS, 
Ms. ROSS, Mr. NEAL, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. MANNION, Ms. CRAIG, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. CHU, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MENG, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. LEE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. 
ANSARI, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy 
for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Human 
Rights Defense Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Around the world, LGBTQI+ people face 
criminalization, violence, discrimination, and stigma 
based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or 
sex characteristics. 
(2) 64 countries have national laws that crim-
inalize same-sex relations and at least 42 United 
Nations member states have legal barriers for free-
dom of expression on issues related to sexual and 
gender diversity. That is equal to roughly 35 percent 
of United Nations member states. 
(3) 12 countries have jurisdictions in which the 
death penalty can be imposed for private, consensual 
same-sex sexual activity. 
(4) Despite recent progress made toward de-
criminalization, marriage equality, and legal gender 
recognition, several countries have introduced anti- 
LGBTQI+ legislation that would further criminalize 
or stigmatize LGBTQI+ people. This includes a 
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draconian bill under review in Ghana that would 
outlaw not only LGBTQI+ relationships and identi-
ties, but also advocacy on behalf of the human rights 
of LGBTQI+ persons. 
(5) Human Rights Watch and other human 
rights organizations have documented the use of the 
forensically discredited practice of forced anal exams 
to try to substantiate allegations of same-sex sexual 
activity. This humiliating practice is typically con-
ducted by law enforcement officials working in tan-
dem with medical personnel. The United Nations 
Special Rapporteur on Torture has described forced 
anal examinations as a form of torture or cruel, in-
human, and degrading treatment, and the United 
Nations Office of the High Commissioner for 
Human Rights issued a report in 2015 calling for 
governments to ban the practice. 
(6) Across the world, freedom of association is 
increasingly under attack, with the passage and en-
forcement of laws that prevent or revoke the reg-
istration of non-governmental organizations, particu-
larly those working to advance and defend the 
human rights of LGBTQI+ persons. 
(7) Extreme violence and insecurity in Latin 
America has driven LGBTQI+ people to flee their 
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countries of origin to the United States for protec-
tion. Yet LGBTQI+ asylum seekers are routinely 
denied entry and face additional violence, and many 
have been returned to face persecution in their home 
countries or in third countries that are not safe. 
(8) Laws, policies, and practices that crim-
inalize and stigmatize LGBTQI+ people deter indi-
viduals and communities from seeking health care. 
Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men 
and transgender people are particularly vulnerable to 
discrimination and exclusion in health care settings, 
thereby increasing risk of HIV transmission. De-
criminalization and stigma reduction are necessary 
to achieve global targets for epidemic control of 
HIV. 
(9) The Trans Murder Monitoring Project, 
which monitors homicides of transgender individuals, 
documented at least 350 trans and gender-diverse 
people killed between October 1, 2023, and Sep-
tember 30, 2024. Of these cases, 73 percent of mur-
ders occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, 
with 30 percent of the total occurring in Brazil. 
(10) Intersex people are subject to medically 
unnecessary surgeries, often without prior and in-
formed consent, leading to lifelong medical complica-
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tions and increased mistrust of health care pro-
viders. Intersex people experience widespread dis-
crimination and lack of understanding about their 
medical needs. 
(11) Violence and discrimination based on sex-
ual orientation, gender identity (including gender ex-
pression), and sex characteristics are documented in 
the Department of State’s annual Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices. The report covering 
2023 continues to show a clear pattern of human 
rights violations or abuses in every region of the 
world based on sexual orientation, gender identity, 
or sex characteristics. These violations or abuses in-
clude murder, rape, torture, death threats, extortion, 
and imprisonment, as well as loss of employment, 
housing, access to health care, and other forms of 
societal stigma and discrimination. The reports fur-
ther document LGBTQI+-specific restrictions on 
basic freedoms of assembly, press, and speech in 
every region of the world. 
(12) On December 6, 2011, President Barack 
Obama released the ‘‘Presidential Memorandum— 
International Initiatives to Advance the Human 
Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender 
Persons’’. The memorandum directed all Federal 
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agencies engaged abroad to ensure that United 
States diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and 
protect the human rights of LGBTI+ persons. 
(13) On February 4, 2021, President Joe Biden 
issued a similar memorandum, the ‘‘Memorandum 
on Advancing the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, 
Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Persons 
Around the World’’, to promote and protect the 
human rights of LGBTQI+ persons and establish 
that it is the ‘‘policy of the United States to pursue 
an end to violence and discrimination on the basis 
of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, 
or sex characteristics, and to lead by the power of 
our example in the cause of advancing the human 
rights of LGBTQI+ persons around the world’’. 
(14) On February 23, 2015, Secretary of State 
John Kerry appointed senior diplomat Randy Berry 
as the Department of State’s first-ever Special 
Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons. 
No person was named to that position during the 
Trump Administration. 
(15) On June 25, 2021, President Joe Biden 
announced the appointment of Jessica Stern to serve 
as the United States Special Envoy to Advance the 
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Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons. She joined 
the Department of State on September 27, 2021. 
(16) On June 30, 2016, the United Nations 
Human Rights Council passed a resolution cospon-
sored by the United States that established an Inde-
pendent Expert on violence and discrimination based 
on sexual orientation and gender identity to help 
monitor and track discrimination and violence expe-
rienced by LGBTQI+ persons around the world. 
(17) In May 2020, the United Nations Inde-
pendent Expert on protection against violence and 
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gen-
der identity released a report on so-called ‘‘conver-
sion therapy’’, which is an umbrella term used to de-
scribe interventions based on a belief that a person’s 
sexual orientation or gender identity can and should 
be changed. The report concluded that such prac-
tices represent significant violations of rights to per-
sonal autonomy, health, and free expression and are 
‘‘by their very nature degrading, inhuman and cruel 
and create a significant risk of torture’’. The Inde-
pendent Expert noted ‘‘the psychological pain and 
suffering inflicted by practices of ‘conversion ther-
apy’ are deep and long-lasting and often exacerbate 
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the risk of suicide’’, and called for a global ban on 
conversion therapy. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to take effective action to prevent and re-
spond to discrimination and violence against all peo-
ple on any basis internationally, including sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, and sex characteristics, 
and that human rights policy includes attention to 
criminalization, violence, and other discrimination 
against LGBTQI+ people; 
(2) to systematically integrate and coordinate 
into United States foreign policy efforts to prevent 
and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and 
violence against LGBTQI+ people internationally; 
(3) to support and build local capacity in coun-
tries around the world, including of governments at 
all levels and nongovernmental organizations, to pre-
vent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI+ people internation-
ally; 
(4) to consult, cooperate, coordinate, and col-
laborate with a wide variety of nongovernmental 
partners, including faith-based organizations and 
LGBTQI+-led organizations, with demonstrated ex-
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perience in preventing and responding to criminal-
ization, 
discrimination, 
and 
violence 
against 
LGBTQI+ people internationally; 
(5) to employ a multisectoral approach to pre-
venting and responding to criminalization, discrimi-
nation, and violence against LGBTQI+ people inter-
nationally, including activities in the economic, edu-
cation, health, nutrition, legal, and judicial sectors; 
(6) to work at all levels, from the individual to 
the family, community, local, national, and inter-
national levels, to prevent and respond to criminal-
ization, 
discrimination, 
and 
violence 
against 
LGBTQI+ people internationally; 
(7) to enhance training by United States per-
sonnel of professional foreign military and police 
forces and judicial officials to include appropriate 
and thorough LGBTQI+-specific instruction on pre-
venting and responding to criminalization, discrimi-
nation, and violence based on sexual orientation, 
gender identity, and sex characteristics; 
(8) to engage non-LGBTQI+ people as allies 
and partners, as an essential element of making sus-
tained reductions in criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI+ people internation-
ally; 
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(9) to require that all recipients of United 
States Government Federal funding, including all 
contractors, grants, and cooperative agreements for 
both acquisition and assistance, establish appro-
priate nondiscrimination policies that are inclusive of 
sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex charac-
teristics, among other characteristics and protected 
statuses, and take effective measures to ensure the 
protection and safety of employed and contracted 
staff, as well as protection of the program bene-
ficiaries; 
(10) to exert sustained international leadership, 
including in bilateral and multilateral fora, to pre-
vent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI+ people internation-
ally; 
(11) to ensure that international efforts to com-
bat HIV/AIDS take all appropriate measures to sup-
port at-risk communities, including LGBTQI+ peo-
ple, and to create enabling legal environments for 
these communities; 
(12) to work with governments and nongovern-
mental organizations around the world to develop 
and implement regional strategies to decriminalize 
homosexuality and to counteract other restrictions 
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on the human rights of LGBTQI+ people, including 
restrictions on LGBTQI+ organizations and so- 
called LGBTQI+ propaganda laws; and 
(13) to ensure that individuals who have a well- 
founded fear of persecution on account of being 
LGBTQI+ or supporting LGBTQI+ rights have 
the opportunity to seek protection in the United 
States. 
SEC. 4. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF 
LGBTQI+ PEOPLE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish in the Department of State a permanent 
Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ 
People (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Special 
Envoy’’), who shall be appointed by the President. 
(2) RANK.—The President may appoint the 
Special Envoy at the rank of Ambassador, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 
subsection (c) and those duties determined by the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of State, the Special Envoy shall 
direct efforts of the United States Government relating 
to United States foreign policy, as directed by the Presi-
dent and the Secretary, regarding human rights abuses 
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against LGBTQI+ people and communities internation-
ally and the advancement of human rights for LGBTQI+ 
people, and shall represent the United States internation-
ally in bilateral and multilateral engagement on such mat-
ters. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Special Envoy— 
(1) shall serve as the principal advisor to the 
Secretary of State regarding the human rights of 
LGBTQI+ people internationally; and 
(2) at the direction of the Secretary of State— 
(A) shall, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, direct activities, policies, programs, 
and funding relating to the human rights of 
LGBTQI+ people and the advancement of 
LGBTQI+ human rights and social inclusion 
initiatives internationally, for all bureaus and 
offices of the Department of State, and shall 
lead the coordination of relevant United States 
Government policies and international programs 
for all other Federal agencies relating to such 
matters; 
(B) shall represent the United States in 
diplomatic matters, including in bilateral and 
multilateral forums, relevant to the human 
rights and social inclusion of LGBTQI+ people, 
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including addressing criminalization, discrimi-
nation, and violence against LGBTQI+ people 
internationally; 
(C) shall direct, as appropriate, United 
States Government resources to respond to 
needs for protection, integration, resettlement, 
and empowerment of LGBTQI+ people in 
United States Government policies and inter-
national programs, including to prevent and re-
spond to criminalization, discrimination, and vi-
olence against LGBTQI+ people internation-
ally; 
(D) shall lead interagency coordination on 
the foreign policy, humanitarian, and develop-
ment priorities related to the human rights of 
LGBTQI+ people internationally; and 
(E) shall conduct regular consultation with 
nongovernmental organizations working to pre-
vent and respond to criminalization, discrimina-
tion, and violence against LGBTQI+ people 
internationally. 
(d) BRIEFINGS AND ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Special Envoy shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the 
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status of the human rights and social inclusion of 
LGBTQI+ people internationally, as well as on the status 
of programs and response strategies of the United States 
Government to address criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI+ people internationally. 
(e) UNITED STATES POLICY TO PREVENT AND RE-
SPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIO-
LENCE AGAINST LGBTQI+ PEOPLE GLOBALLY.— 
(1) GLOBAL
STRATEGY
REQUIREMENT.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and bi-annually thereafter, the Special 
Envoy shall develop or update, as the case may be, 
a United States global strategy to prevent and re-
spond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
against LGBTQI+ people internationally. The Spe-
cial Envoy shall submit the global strategy to the 
appropriate congressional committees and, if prac-
ticable, make the global strategy available to the 
public. 
(2) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In 
developing the global strategy required under para-
graph (1), the Special Envoy shall consult with— 
(A) mid- and high-level officials of relevant 
Federal agencies; and 
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(B) representatives of nongovernmental or-
ganizations with demonstrated experience in ad-
dressing criminalization, discrimination, and vi-
olence against LGBTQI+ people internation-
ally, or promoting equal rights and social inclu-
sion for LGBTQI+ people internationally. 
(f) MONITORING THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO 
PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMI-
NATION, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQI+ PEOPLE 
AND COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY.—In each global 
strategy submitted under subsection (e), the Special 
Envoy shall include an analysis of promising practices for 
preventing and addressing criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI+ people and communities 
internationally, including— 
(1) a description of successful efforts by foreign 
governments and nongovernmental organizations to 
prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimina-
tion, and violence against LGBTQI+ people and 
communities internationally; 
(2) recommendations related to promising prac-
tices, effective strategies, and improvements to en-
hance the impact of such prevention and response 
efforts; and 
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(3) the impact of activities funded by the global 
strategy in preventing and reducing criminalization, 
discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ peo-
ple. 
SEC. 5. DOCUMENTING AND RESPONDING TO BIAS-MOTI-
VATED VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQI+ PEOPLE 
ABROAD. 
(a) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRAC-
TICES.— 
(1) SECTION 116.—Section 116(d) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex-
tent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
by state and non-state actors based on sexual ori-
entation or gender identity, as those terms are de-
fined in section 7 of the International Human 
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Rights Defense Act of 2025, or sex characteristics, 
including an identification of those countries that 
have adopted laws or constitutional provisions that 
criminalize or discriminate based on such sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, in-
cluding descriptions of such laws and provisions.’’. 
(2) SECTION 502B.—Section 502B of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second subsection 
(i) (relating to child marriage status) as sub-
section (j); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(k) SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, 
AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS.—The report required under 
subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, the na-
ture and extent of criminalization, discrimination, and vio-
lence by state and non-state actors based on sexual ori-
entation or gender identity, as those terms are defined in 
section 7 of the International Human Rights Defense Act 
of 2025, or sex characteristics, including an identification 
of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional 
provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on such 
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sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, 
including descriptions of such laws and provisions.’’. 
SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES STRAT-
EGY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIM-
INALIZATION, 
DISCRIMINATION, 
AND 
VIO-
LENCE AGAINST LGBTQI+ PEOPLE AND COM-
MUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY. 
The Secretary of State is authorized to provide assist-
ance to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimi-
nation, and violence against LGBTQI+ people inter-
nationally. Such assistance may include the following ac-
tivities: 
(1) Development and implementation of assist-
ance programs that respond to human rights abuses 
against, and the social and economic exclusion of, 
LGBTQI+ people. 
(2) Support and capacity building for the devel-
opment and enforcement of the laws of foreign gov-
ernments pertaining to relevant civil and criminal, 
legal and judicial sanctions, protection, and training. 
(3) Enhancement of health sector capacity to 
detect, prevent, and respond to violence against 
LGBTQI+ people and communities internationally, 
and to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQI+ commu-
nity internationally, in close coordination with the 
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Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health 
Diplomacy of the Department of State. 
(4) Development of a leadership program for 
international LGBTQI+ activists that will foster 
collaboration and knowledge sharing across the 
world. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 
identity’’ means the gender-related identity, appear-
ance, or mannerisms, or other gender-related charac-
teristics of an individual, regardless of the individ-
ual’s designated sex at birth. 
(3) INTERSEX.—The term ‘‘intersex’’ means in-
dividuals born with sex characteristics (including 
genitals, gonads, or chromosome patterns) that vary 
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from typical binary notions of male or female bodies 
and is an umbrella term used to describe a wide 
range of natural bodily variations. 
(4) 
LGBTQI+.—The 
term 
‘‘LGBTQI+’’ 
means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or 
intersex. 
(5) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 
orientation’’ means actual or perceived homosex-
uality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality. 
Æ 
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