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Related: About this forumBehind The Scenes Of Hillary Clinton's Push For LGBT Rights At The State Department
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/01/hillary-clinton-lgbt-_n_7706748.html?1435781957Emails show that her concern and heart about LGBT rights is not "for convenience" or just for the campaign.
WASHINGTON -- In May 2009, just months into her new position as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton took a major step toward changing the way the agency treats its employees: She announced that gay diplomats would receive benefits similar to those received by their heterosexual counterparts, which they had previously been denied.
Over her next four years at the State Department, Clinton continued to push for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality both in Foggy Bottom and around the world. Her emails, some of which were released this week by the State Department, show that she and her top advisers were looking for ways to move forward on the issue -- and watching the discontent between LGBT groups and President Barack Obama.
"I think the emails speak for themselves -- they show someone deeply committed to preventing human rights abuse of LGBT people on the global stage," said Richard Socarides, who served as President Bill Clinton's top adviser on LGBT issues.
Clinton's most notable moment on LGBT issues perhaps came on Dec. 6, 2011, when she gave a historic speech in Switzerland in which she declared, "Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights."
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Behind The Scenes Of Hillary Clinton's Push For LGBT Rights At The State Department (Original Post)
OKNancy
Jul 2015
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Hillary Clinton is a friend to the LGBT community.
As a gay man I am proud to support her.
okasha
(11,573 posts)2. Absolutely.
And she hasn't been shy about it, either.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)5. Looks like there is some good information in those emails, huh.
Though I am very happy about the equal treatment of all to marry whom they please (legal issues permitting) we know Hillary has been sensitive for many years to the needs of the LGBT. It is really Hillary's personal attention given to issues. As she says, "All lives matter" is just what she means. This is going to be a new world for everyone, it was a long fight.