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Hillary Clinton On The Difficulty Of Promoting LGBT Rights In Anti-Gay Countries |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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| Tags: hillary clinton, secretary of state, lgbt rights, human, women, anti-gay, nations, countries, interview, divas |
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Hillary Clinton got a few laughs from the audience at Syracuse University on Monday when discussing the difficulty she often faces while promoting LGBT rights in hostile homophobic territory. So, how did Clinton cause a few chuckles concerning such a serious topic?
Reports NewsCore:
In parts of Africa and Asia, she said, gay rights is "just a totally foreign concept."
"I mean, the first response is, 'We don't have any of those here,'" she said, to laughter. "Second response is, 'If we did, we would not want to have them and would want to get rid of them as quickly as possible. And it's your problem, United States of America, that you have so many of those people. So don't come here and tell us to protect the rights of people we don't have or that we don't want.'"
"It's a very difficult conversation because it's just not been one that people have had up until now," she said.
At least we have Hillary in our corner, ready to break the ice.
(Via Towleroad)
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