The International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 establishes comprehensive U.S. policy objectives to protect LGBTQI+ people from discrimination and violence worldwide. The bill commits the United States to integrate LGBTQI+ human rights protections into its foreign policy, support capacity-building efforts in other countries to combat criminalization and violence, and require U.S. federal funding recipients to adopt nondiscrimination policies. The legislation also mandates training for foreign military and police forces on LGBTQI+-specific human rights issues and ensures asylum protection for individuals facing persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or intersex status. The bill applies to federal agencies and foreign aid recipients and is structured around specific policy objectives and clear definitions of relevant terms to guide implementation across relevant congressional committees.
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