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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&nbsp;<a href=" is a &quot;vlatn of human rights&quot; to m vlence or discrimatn</a>&nbsp;agast people bee of their sexual orientatn.&nbsp;

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WATCH HILLARY CLTON'S SPEECH DECLARG 'GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'

'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.

Saturday is the anniversary of the passage of the Universal Declaratn on Human Rights, one of the te landmark achievements of the Uned Natns, which provid the opportuny for Clton to challenge other ernments to fend gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people.

She was quick to adm that her own untry do not have the bt rerd on the matters — is worth notg that her speech quiet potedly did not mentn gay marriage — but announced new iativ by the Obama admistratn to bat discrimatn around the world, cludg a "Global Equaly Fund" that will support human rights groups that protect gay people.

CLTON TO UNED NATNS: "GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS"

And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights. It is a vlatn of human rights when ernments clare illegal to be gay, or allow those who harm gay people to go unpunished.

‘GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARE GAY RIGHTS’: HILLARY CLTON

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 life-savg 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.

CLTON’S GENEVA ACRD: ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS’

The fight for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) human rights took not one but two cril steps forward this week wh Print Obama’s release of a Printial Directive on LGBT rights followed closely by Secretary of State Hillary Clton’s ternatnal human rights day speech at the Uned Natns Geneva, Swzerland. As we’ve poted out, too many untri beg gay, or beg spected of beg gay, n get you thrown to jail, tortured, raped or killed. From the so-lled rrective rape of lbians to proposed legislatn to stute the ath penalty for homosexualy, LGBT people around the world face the daily threat of vlence simply for who they are.

OPN CLTON’S GENEVA ACRD: ‘GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS’

The Printial Directive lled, Workg to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Persons Globally directs U. From people like Jean-Cl Mbe, jailed Cameroon for 3 years on spicn of homosexualy, to the LGBT muny of Uganda, who fear the passage of a dranian new anti-gay law, the actns by the Obama Admistratn uld make all the difference.

The speech foced on the rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and trans people around the world.

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