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UofMfan · 12-07-2011, 10:49 AM

<…snip…Now, there is still, as you all know, much more to be done to secure that commitment, that reality, and progress for all people. Today, I want to talk about the work we have left to do to protect one group of people whose human rights are still denied in too many parts of the world today. In many ways, they are an invisible minority. They are arrested, beaten, terrorized, even executed. Many are treated with contempt and violence by their fellow citizens while authorities empowered to protect them look the other way or, too often, even join in the abuse. They are denied opportunities to work and learn, driven from their homes and countries, and forced to suppress or deny who they are to protect themselves from harm.

I am talking about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, human beings born free and given bestowed equality and dignity, who have a right to claim that, which is now one of the remaining human rights challenges of our time. I speak about this subject knowing that my own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect. Until 2003, it was still a crime in parts of our country. Many LGBT Americans have endured violence and harassment in their own lives, and for some, including many young people, bullying and exclusion are daily experiences. So we, like all nations, have more work to do to protect human rights at home…snip…>

It is my opinion, perhaps different due to my location and international view of the world, that by giving this speech in a world stage, Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration have set the bar at home. It is now expected that those local politicians, courts, etc to do the work at home because the world is watching.

The words I highlighted above are a perfect example of how aware the Administration is of its flaws and how much work needs to be done at home, but it is a step, and at huge one at that, in my opinion.

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