President Trump: "My administration is working with other nations to stop criminalizing of homosexuality, and we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ people who live in countries that punish, jail, or execute individuals based upon sexual orientation." #UNGA pic.twitter.com/wS7nUrXxwy — The Hill (@thehill) September 24, 2019

President Trump held world leaders to account in his address before the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday. While promoting human rights around the world, he urged world leaders to also protect the rights of the LGBTQ community.

“My administration is working with other nations to stop criminalizing of homosexuality. And we stand in solidarity with LGBTQ people who live in countries that punish jail or execute individuals based upon sexual orientation,” said President Trump.

Earlier this year, the American Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told NBC News that the Trump Administration is spearheading an initiative to decriminalize homosexuality abroad.

“This is a bipartisan push. People understand — religious people, individuals who may not always be in the LGBTI fight — they understand that criminalizing homosexuality is absolutely wrong,” Amb. Grenell told NBC. “It is unbelievable to believe that in today’s world a 32 –year-old man in Iran can be hanged simply for being gay. That’s unacceptable.”

71 countries criminalize homosexuality. Thank you, @realDonaldTrump for leading an effort to decriminalize lgbt people. https://t.co/FY4LOlxocB — Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 24, 2019

In addition to Iran, 71 other countries criminalize homesexuality, said Amb. Grenell.