Dr. Gino Pauselli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, specializing in the intersection of human rights, global governance, and transnational advocacy. What drives countries to promote LGBTQ+ rights through foreign aid? This paper explains how non-governmental organizations working on LGBTQ+ rights with an international reach affect their home countries' decisions to support LGBTQ+ rights overseas.