Pledging to Fight Injustices, Hillary Clinton Focuses on Transgender Rights in Speech
- 9 years ago
In a forceful speech to an influential gay rights group, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday reaffirmed her support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans just hours before Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., contemplating his own presidential run, was to address the organization.
Mrs. Clinton has in recent years forcefully rejected two policies from the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, that were seen as setting back the gay rights movement.
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The Human Rights Campaign, led by a former aide to Mr. Clinton, Chad Griffin, has deep ties to Mrs. Clinton and had invited her to deliver the keynote address at its gathering Saturday night.
Mrs. Clinton praised the organization for the critical role it played in making same-sex marriage legal, but she said there was much more work to be done to ensure equality, particularly for transgender people.
Mrs. Clinton has in recent years forcefully rejected two policies from the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, that were seen as setting back the gay rights movement.
"
The Human Rights Campaign, led by a former aide to Mr. Clinton, Chad Griffin, has deep ties to Mrs. Clinton and had invited her to deliver the keynote address at its gathering Saturday night.
Mrs. Clinton praised the organization for the critical role it played in making same-sex marriage legal, but she said there was much more work to be done to ensure equality, particularly for transgender people.