Implementation of the United States strategy to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ people and communities internationally

The Secretary of State is authorized to provide assistance to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ people internationally by— (1) developing and implementing assistance programs that respond to human rights abuses against, and the social and economic exclusion of, LGBTQI+ people; (2) supporting and capacity building for the development and enforcement of the laws of foreign governments pertaining to relevant civil and criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protection, and training; (3) enhancing health sector capacity— (A) to detect, prevent, and respond to violence against LGBTQI+ people and communities internationally; and (B) to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQI+ community internationally, in close coordination with the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy of the Department of State; and (4) developing a leadership program for international LGBTQI+ activists that will foster collaboration and knowledge sharing around the world.