France mentioned Monday that it will arrange a fund by its embassies to advertise the rights of LGBTQ folks, because it met like-minded nations on the United Nations.

Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna made the announcement on the fifteenth anniversary of an LGBTQ group on the United Nations firstly of the annual General Assembly.

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The fund of two million euros ($2.1 million {dollars}) will probably be used “for our embassies to support those who are defending LGBTQ rights on a daily basis around the world, sometimes at risk to their lives,” overseas ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre mentioned.

France final 12 months turned one in every of a small variety of international locations to nominate an envoy devoted to LGBTQ rights.

In the United States, President Joe Biden has recognized LGBTQ rights as a serious diplomatic precedence, along with his administration appointing an envoy after taking workplace in 2021.