Had not thought about that. Good thought. Thanks.
12 Jan: WashingtonBlade: Career U.S. diplomat who promoted Latin America LGBT rights resigns
by Michael K. Klavers
Feeley was the principal deputy assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs in 2014 when he spoke with the Washington Blade about the LGBT rights movement in Latin America.
He described LGBT rights as “part of the panoply” of human rights. Feeley told the Blade this position is “both my personal, but also a very strong policy statement from” the Obama administration that “LGBT rights are human rights.”
Feeley during the interview also applauded then-U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James “Wally” Brewster and his husband, Bob Satawake.
Iván Chanis Barahona, a gay Panamanian lawyer who once lived in D.C., is among those who are working to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples in Panama.
Chanis told the Blade on Friday that Feeley was “very personally involved in promoting human and LGBTI rights” in the Central American country.
“The LGBTI community will mourn his absence,” said Chanis.
The Blade has reached out to Feeley for comment.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/01/12/career-u-s-diplomat-promoted-latin-america-lgbt-rights-resigns/