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US launches global campaign to end homosexuality criminalization

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The Trump administration plans to launch a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality.

Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany who's the highest-profile openly gay person in the Trump administration, will lead the effort.

“It is concerning that, in the 21st century, some 70 countries continue to have laws that criminalize LGBTI status or conduct,” said a U.S. official involved in organizing the event.

Efforts may include working with the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Read more from NBC News.

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