Secretary of State Hillary Clton took a bold step for U.S. foreign policy (and mon cency) by clarg ont of the Uned Natns yterday that is a "vlatn of human rights" to m vlence or discrimatn agast people bee of their sexual orientatn. In a movg speech to the U.N.'s human rights group Geneva, Clton tackled many of the mon stereotyp leveled at gay people and lled on other natns to elimate laws that crimalize or margalize homosexuals.
Contents:
- HILLARY CLTON CLAR 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'
- CLTON TO UNED NATNS: "GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"
- WATCH HILLARY CLTON'S SPEECH DECLARG 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'
- THE WORLD REACTS TO CLTON'S GAY RIGHTS SPEECH
- U.S. TO AID GAY RIGHTS ABROAD, OBAMA AND CLTON SAY
- HUMAN RIGHTS AS GAY RIGHTS
- HILLARY CLTON ENDORS GAY MARRIAGE
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 gay rights speech *
It is a vlatn of human rights when ernments clare illegal to be gay or allow those who harm gay people to go unpunished. It is a vlatn of human rights when lbian or transgenred women are subjected to so-lled rrective rape or forcibly subjected to hormone treatments, or when people are murred after public lls for vlence toward gays, or when they are forced to flee their natns and seek asylum other lands to save their liv.
And is a vlatn of human rights when lifavg re is whheld om people bee they are gay or equal accs to jtice is nied to people bee they are gay or public spac are out of bounds to people bee they are gay. But fact, all untri, there are sts to not protectg the rights both gay and straight liv lost to disease and vlence and the silencg of voic and views that would strengthen muni and ias never pursued by entreprenrs who happen to be gay.
Now, there are some who say and believe that all gay people are pedophil, that homosexualy is a disease that n be ught or cured, or that gays rec others to bee gay. The liv of gay people are shaped not only by laws, but by the treatment they receive every day om their fai, om their neighbors.
CLTON TO UNED NATNS: "GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"
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Many people, cludg myself, have experienced a epeng of our own nvictns on this topic over the years, as we have voted more thought to , engaged dialogu and bat, and tablished personal and profsnal relatnships wh people who are gay. To highlight one example, the Delhi High Court crimalized homosexualy India two years ago, wrg, and I quote, “If there is one te that n be said to be an unrlyg theme of the Indian Constutn, is clivens.
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. "It should never be a crime to be gay, " Mrs Clton said at the Uned Natns Geneva, addg that a untry's cultural or relig tradns was no exce for discrimatn.
WATCH HILLARY CLTON'S SPEECH DECLARG 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'
The former Secretary of State livers one of the strongt speech ever om a Whe Hoe hopeful on gay rights. * hillary clinton gay rights speech *
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.
THE WORLD REACTS TO CLTON'S GAY RIGHTS SPEECH
"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.
U.S. TO AID GAY RIGHTS ABROAD, OBAMA AND CLTON SAY
Secretary of State Hillary Clton fends the rights of lbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgenr people om around the world a speech durg Internatnal Human Rights Day at the Uned Natns Geneva on Dec. Secretary of State Hillary Clton fends the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people om around the world a speech durg Internatnal Human Rights Day at the Uned Natns Geneva on Dec.
By the time the dience heard the le “gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights, ” echog the famo 1995 pronouncement then-First Lady Clton ma Beijg about women’s rights, there was no pe for the sr of ambassadors that filled the first few rows.
HUMAN RIGHTS AS GAY RIGHTS
We knew would be edgy to give a major speech on the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people an ternatnal fom; what we hadn’t realized was how quickly the mere act of dog so would make the topic ls edgy.
HILLARY CLTON ENDORS GAY MARRIAGE
Print Joe Bin nvened reprentativ of over 100 ernments, civil society, and ternatnal anizatns the virtual Summ for Democracy tasked wh tacklg rptn, unterg thorarianism, and fendg human rights—cludg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI) people. The backlash om those posns of power is rarely only about homophobic or transphobic attus; is often nnected to a sire to pe acuntabily for rptn and other crimal behavr.