Hillary Clinton Quotes About Lgbt

• Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Gay, Reality

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• It should never be a crime to be gay.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gay, Lgbt, Crime

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• No one has ever abandoned a belief because he was forced to do so.

  Hillary Clinton

  Lgbt, Belief, Abandoned

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• It does not matter what country we live in, who our leaders are, or even who we are. Because we are human, we therefore have rights. And because we have rights, governments are bound to protect them.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Rights, Government

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage.

  Hillary Clinton

  Teacher, Gay, Rights

  "How Should the Republican Party Change?; Is it Safe to be Pro Same-Sex Marriage?; New Biblical Movie in the Works; Iraq: 10 Years Later". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. March 19, 2013.

• While we are each free to believe whatever we choose, we cannot do whatever we choose.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Lgbt

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.

  Hillary Clinton

  Religious, Gay, Rights

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• To LGBT men and women worldwide, let me say this: wherever you live and whatever the circumstances of your life, whether you are connected to a network of support or feel isolated and vulnerable, please know that you are not alone.

  Hillary Clinton

  Men, Support, Lgbt

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• When any part of humanity is sidelined, the rest of us cannot sit on the sidelines.

  Hillary Clinton

  Humanity, Lgbt, Sidelines

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Gay rights and human rights are one and the same.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gay, Rights, Lgbt

  "Hillary Clinton's global legacy on gay rights" by Frida Ghitis, www.cnn.com. February 7, 2013.

• There's the continuing challenges of racism, of sexism, of discrimination against the LGBT community, of the way that we treat people as opposed to how we want to be treated.

  Hillary Clinton

  Lgbt Community, Racism, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• It is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gay, Violation Of Human Rights, Government

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Caring for others is an expression of what it means to be fully human.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mean, Caring, Expression

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• We still have gaps that are rooted in gender inequality. Certainly we have discrimination against the LGBT community.

  Hillary Clinton

  Lgbt Community, Gaps, Discrimination

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• Being LGBT does not make you less human.

  Hillary Clinton

  Doe, Lgbt, Humans

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.

  Hillary Clinton

  Violation Of Human Rights, Lgbt, Justified

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Laws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Lgbt, Moral

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights, on behalf of the rights of the LGBT community, that will stand up and say no to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Dark, Lgbt Community

  Source: www.christianpost.com

• Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT.

  Hillary Clinton

  Religious, Groups, Minorities

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us.

  Hillary Clinton

  Rights, Practice, Lgbt

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Acting alone, minorities can never achieve the majorities necessary for political change.

  Hillary Clinton

  Political, Acting, Majority

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• It is often the case that laws must change before fears about change dissipate.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Lgbt, Cases

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• It is because the human experience is universal that human rights are universal.

  Hillary Clinton

  Rights, Lgbt, Human Experience

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.

  Hillary Clinton

  Fighting, Men, Rights

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.

  Hillary Clinton

  Criminals, Lgbt, Violence

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

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