The former Secretary of State livers one of the strongt speech ever om a Whe Hoe hopeful on gay rights.
Contents:
- HILLARY CLTON CLAR 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'
- HILLARY CLTON’S GLOBAL LEGACY ON GAY RIGHTS
- HILLARY CLTON’S GAY RIGHTS EVOLUTN
- CLTON TO UNED NATNS: "GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"
- HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM
- HILLARY CLTON HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE GAY RIGHTS HISTORY. SHE REFED.
HILLARY CLTON CLAR 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'
The US vows to fight for homosexual rights abroad by g foreign aid and diplomacy, clarg gay rights an alienable human right. * hillary clinton lgbt rights *
As secretary of state, Hillary advanced LGBT rights abroad and enforced stronger anti-discrimatn regulatns wh the State Department, clarg on the global stage that “gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.
On the ternatnal stage, however, and keepg wh the tle of her memoir, Hard Choic, Clton boldly asserted Geneva 2011: "Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights. But there are others who clare that homosexualy is an afont to civilizatn, that children mt be protected om s perceived rptive force and that homosexualy should be a punishable, crimal offense.
HILLARY CLTON’S GLOBAL LEGACY ON GAY RIGHTS
Frida Ghis says a signature achievement of Hillary Clton’s tenure as Secretary of State was the promotn of equaly for gay people as a re value of U.S. foreign policy. * hillary clinton lgbt rights *
In Rsia, Print Vladmir Put passed the anti-gay propaganda law a year ago this month, makg a crime to publicly support gay rights or acknowledge same-sex relatnships to a mor.
HILLARY CLTON’S GAY RIGHTS EVOLUTN
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In Uganda, Print Yoweri Mevi passed the far worse Anti-Homosexualy Act Febary of this year, makg homosexualy such an egreg crime (mandg life imprisonment some s) that anyone found "aidg and abettg" a homosexual (as rentg them an apartment), knowgly performg a same-sex marriage or not reportg a gay person to the thori is mtg a crime as well.
CLTON TO UNED NATNS: "GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"
Hillary Rodham Clton on Saturday livered the strongt statement of support for gay rights the 2016 printial race when she promised that endg discrimatn agast gay, lbian and transgenr people would be a central pillar of her admistratn. * hillary clinton lgbt rights *
Pence was cril of the Obama admistratn's directive on transgenr bathroom accs and supported Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the policy that prohibed soldiers om openly intifyg as gay until was end 2011.
Clton said, "This morng, they all cried the Supreme Court's lg upholdg marriage equaly—we even heard them ll for a nstutnal amendment to strip away the right to equaly om our gay brothers and sisters.
HILLARY CLTON'S GAY-MARRIAGE PROBLEM
Augt 2007: In a Democratic primary bate sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign and LOGO Network (a gay-oriented TV statn) Clton was asked "What is at the heart of your opposn to same-sex marriage? Media ptn, Hillary Clton: "Beg gay is not a wtern ventn, is a human realy"The US has publicly clared will fight discrimatn agast gays and lbians abroad by g foreign aid and diplomacy to enurage reform. Her dience clud reprentativ om untri where homosexualy is a crimal ambassadors shed out of the room as soon as Mrs Clton fished speakg, the Associated Prs news agency October, UK Prime Mister David Cameron's suggtn that aid uld be cut to untri that did not regnise gay rights was nmned by several Ain untri where homosexual acts are banned, cludg Ghana, Uganda and week Nigeria beme the latt Ain untry attemptg to tighten homosexualy laws, wh the Senate passg a bill banng same-sex marriag.
'Human realy'The announcement, scribed by the Whe Hoe as the "first US ernment strategy to bat human rights ab agast gays and lbians abroad", is also beg seen as part of the Obama admistratn's outreach to gays and lbians ahead of the 2012 official memorandum do not outle nsequenc for untri wh poor rerds on gay rights.
HILLARY CLTON HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE GAY RIGHTS HISTORY. SHE REFED.
"Corrponnts say the new policy uld pose awkward qutns for US officials formulatg policy towards some regular alli and regnal 2011, the state partment's annual human rights report ced ab agast gay people Sdi Arabia, an ally of the US that bans homosexualy outright.
Afghanistan also prohibs homosexual activy, and the same report found that thori "sporadilly" enforced the the US, Republin printial ndidat cricised the admistratn's cisn, wh Texas Governor Rick Perry sayg a statement that "promotg special rights for gays foreign untri is not Ameri's terts and not worth a dime of taxpayers' money".
Earlier this year Print Barack Obama signed to law a bill repealg the "don't ask don't tell" law and allowg homosexuals to serve openly the US on this storyRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s. As Hillary Clton mak a whirlwd round of appearanc her last days as secretary of state, one groundbreakg aspect of her work serv a moment the spotlight: In a bold parture wh tradn, Clton ma the promotn of equaly for gay people a re value of U. That, however, is not how Clton explaed 14 months ago, when she stood before the Human Rights Council Geneva, ont of an dience filled wh reprentativ om Arab and Ain untri, om plac where homosexualy is a crime, even one punishable by ath, and clared that gay rights and human rights “are one and the same.