The Trump administration has told U.S. diplomats to call out countries that push DEI programmes or allow gender transitions for children.
Under new guidance sent to embassies and consulates, the State Department’s annual human rights report will track governments that promote race- or gender-based DEI mandates, restrict free speech, subsidise abortion, or encourage mass migration. Officials say the aim is to push back against “destructive ideologies” and refocus U.S. policy on “natural rights” that “come from God rather than from the state.”
State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the administration “will not allow these human rights violations, such as the mutilation of children, laws that infringe on free speech, and racially discriminatory employment practices, to go unchecked.”
The shift aligns with Trump’s wider rollback of DEI at home, including ending gender-neutral passport options and requiring passports to match sex at birth.
The last human-rights report—compiled before Trump returned to office—placed far less emphasis on LGBT issues, even in countries with harsh penalties for homosexuality.
Vice President JD Vance has also accused European governments of suppressing political opposition and free expression, pointing to Germany’s use of surveillance and legal pressure against the surging Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), and the UK’s online-speech regime, which tasks thousands of civil servants with monitoring social-media posts about migration.
