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Hillary clinton on gays

Hillary Clinton declares 'gay rights are human rights'

The announcement, described by the White House as the "first US government strategy to combat human rights abuses against gays and lesbians abroad", is also being seen as part of the Obama administration's outreach to gays and lesbians ahead of the election.

The official memorandum does not outline consequences for countries with poor records on gay rights. But it allows US agencies working abroad to consult with international organisations on discrimination.

"Gay people are born into and belong to every culture in the world," Mrs Clinton said in Geneva. "Being homosexual is not a Western invention. It is a human reality."

Correspondents say the new policy could pose awkward questions for US officials formulating policy towards some regular allies and regional powers.

In , the state department's annual human rights report, external cited abuses against gay people in Saudi Arabia, an ally of the US that bans homosexuality outright.

Afghanistan also prohibits homosexual outing,

LGBT rights and equality

Note: This page is a reproduction of the Hillary for America policy plan on LGBT rights and equality. 

Thanks to the hard perform of generations of LGBT advocates and activists who fought to make it possible, our land won a landmark victory last June when the Supreme Court recognized that in America, LGBT couples—like everyone else—have the right to marry the person they love.

We’ve arrive so far, but we still contain work to do.

As president, Hillary will:

  • Fight for full federal equality for LGBT Americans. Hillary will work with Congress to pass the Equality Act, endure President Obama’s LGBT equality executive conduct, and support attempts underway in the courts to guard people from discrimination on the basis of gender individuality and sexual orientation in every aspect of public life.
  • Support LGBT youth, parents, and elders. Hillary will end so-called “conversion therapy” for minors, combat youth homelessness by ensuring adequate funding for safe and welcoming shelters, and grab on bullying and harassment in schools. She’ll end discriminato

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    Dan Merica, CNN

    Washington (CNN)As recently as a year ago, Hillary Clinton was sparring with a public radio host about her position on queer marriage, defending her past reticence to discuss the issue and falling successfully short of full-throated back. Now, in a markedly new position, Clinton is offering just that, calling gay marriage a right afforded by the Constitution.

    &#;Hillary Clinton supports marriage equality and hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed that constitutional right,&#; said Adrienne Elrod, a Clinton spokeswoman, in a statement.

    This is an entirely novel position for Clinton.

    As a candidate in , Clinton opposed same-sex marriage, supporting the idea of civil unions instead. She did not proclaim her personal support for same-sex marriage until , after she left her diplomatic position as secretary of state.

    During a interview with NPR, Clinton and host Terry Gross sparred over the topic in a conversation that, at times, grew testy. Clinton told Gross that she always viewed marriage as &#;a mat

    Hillary Clinton’s Email About Homosexual Parents Should Seriously Trouble Her LGBT Supporters

    In after time , the State Department made an exceedingly inoffensive change to U.S. passport application forms. Instead of listing “Mother” and “Father,” these forms would now list “Parent 1” and “Parent 2.” The convert, the department declared, was “in recognition of unlike types of families”—namely, families with same-sex parents.

    Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was furious. In a recently released email, Clinton proclaimed that she would not defend the decision, “which I disagree w and knew nothing about, in front of this Congress.” She then wrote that she “could live w letting people in nontraditional families choose another descriptor so long as we retained the presumption of mother and father.” Blunder to act immediately, she fretted, would lead to “a huge Fox-generated media storm led by Palin et al.” (The department quickly reversed the judgment, apparently appeasing the secretary.)

    It’s easy to sympathize with Clinton’s concern about a conservative media maelstrom and insist th