Offers a complete empirical account of US government programs policies and interventions outside the United States on behalf of the human rights of LGBTQ people.Finalist for the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the LGBT category Around the world lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer people continue to be threatened attacked arrested tortured and sometimes executed just for being sexual or gender minorities. Since the final months of the Clinton administration agencies and officials of the US government have been engaging in programs and projects whose stated purposes are to serve goals of justice and equity for LGBTQ people outside the United States. Because We Are Human gives readers an inside look at US sexual orientation and gender identity SOGI human rights assistance programs.