Hillary Clinton Lgbt Rights

This year, as in each of the preceding years, we see a long, muddy road ahead, but also traction in our work for the human rights that we have been guaranteed (yet denied) by the Declaration and by the Constitution.

The stunning events in Geneva mark the moment Barack Obama secured a national LGBT vote for his 2012 re-election campaign. Today we felt hope -- but more importantly, we witnessed monumental change.

Today's speech should serve to both galvanize the American LGBT community and throttle us out of any apathy we might feel about throwing our enthusiastic support, checkbooks, blood, sweat, and tears into electing pro-equality candidates.

The following is a transcript of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Human Rights Day speech, delivered today in Geneva. Text posted with permission ...