In a possibly historic move, the Obama administration announced its dedication to promoting LGBT rights around the world. In a memorandum from the president, and a speech from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the administration equated LGBT rights with human right, vowing to spend $3 million to finance LGBT rights organizations. “In reality, gay people are born into – and belong to – every society in the world,” Clinton said to an audience of representatives of 47 nations, who gave her a standing ovation. (Watch the speech after the jump.) Imogen Foulkes, BBC correspondent in Geneva, discusses what the initiative may mean, and how it played to an international audience.
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