The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a foriegn policy spending measure that includes unprecedented language on LGBT concerns.  The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which funds the State Department and other foreign relations programs, includes the following instructions, according to a press release from Rep. Tammy Baldwin:

Create one or more positions within the Human Rights Bureau to monitor international LGBT concerns;

Work through U.S. embassies to encourage countries to repeal or reform laws that criminalize homosexuality or consensual homosexual conduct or that otherwise restrict fundamental human rights;

Improve human rights reporting on LGBT issues, with a new requirement to include transgender concerns; and

Include LGBT issues in human rights training courses for Foreign Service Officers.