Tuesday, July 6, 2010

“Just as I was very proud to say the obvious more than 15 years ago in Beijing that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, well, let me say today that human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights, once and for all.”

“So here at the State Department, we will continue to advance a comprehensive human rights agenda that includes the elimination of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, LGBT Pride Month Ceremony, June 22, 2010. (via http://nolimits.org/)