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Recent debates on the use of the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” within the United Nations in reference to individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) are often conducted with the assumption that these notions are clearly defined in science and law. In fact, there is no scientific consensus on how to define sexual orientation, very few countries treat individuals who identify as LGBT as a discrete class of persons, and many proscribe homosexual conduct because of moral and public health concerns.

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UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW – FOURTH CYCLE Submission to the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group October-November 2026, Geneva, Switzerland UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA The…

Another Radical Feminist for Secretary General.

UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (C-Fam) The field is set in the race to select the next UN Secretary General. Maria Fernanda Espinoza of Ecuador, a UN insider and leader of the anti-Trump backlash in his first term, is the latest to enter the fray.

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Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

June 18, 2026

Rubio Spars with Congress Over Family Planning.

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19 (C-Fam) In congressional testimony this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the UN has “lost its purpose” and “lost its mission.” Appearing at a hearing on the Trump administration’s 2027 foreign affairs budget, Secretary Rubio criticized international institutions that have long dominated global health and which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars overseas to promote UN-style family planning and abortion advocacy. A major shift is underway in how the US spends taxpayer dollars, and it is having direct implications on global health funding.

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Kelly Heilman, J.D.

June 18, 2026

Southern Poverty CEO Eviscerated by House Panel.

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (C-Fam) This week, the House Judiciary Committee grilled Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and Chief Executive Officer, Bryan Fair, in its second hearing titled “Manufacturing Hate” examining the role SPLC played in funneling money to groups it has accused of spreading hate and “artificially elevating the domestic extremist threat and misleading its donors.”

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Diana Banister

June 11, 2026

Ghana Emerges as Family Values Leader in Africa.

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12 (C-Fam) Last week, the government of Ghana hosted an African inter-parliamentary conference on family values and sovereignty in its capital, Accra. Conference participants discussed a draft charter on family values for the African region, while Ghana’s parliament passed a national law on family values and sent it to their president for signing into law.

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Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

June 11, 2026

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