Last week, the Obama administration issued a memo making the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people "a major element of its foreign policy" -- that's a quote from a Washington Post article. The article noted the president's concern for discrimination and violence against LGBTs (as they are known).
Coordinating with the memo, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the United Nation's Human Rights Commission on the issue. Clinton lamented that LGBT people "are arrested, beaten, imprisoned -- even executed. Many are treated with contempt and violence by their fellow citizens while authorities empowered to protect them look the other way or, too often, even join in the abuse."
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