Video: Secretary Clinton Congratulates GLIFAA

Nobody in this administration has demonstrated a commitment to gay rights in the way Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has – at every opportunity she has spoken out very publicly in support of gay rights and she began working towards equal rights at the State Department as soon as she began her tenure there.

Below is a video of her remarks to the members of Gays & Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA), applauding their receiving the 2009 Out and Equal Workplace Advocate Award. This is from the GLIFAA website:

GLIFAA became first federal entity to receive an award from Out & Equal. At the Awards Ceremony, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauded GLIFAA in a two minute videotaped message, viewable through Facebook. GLIFAA Policy Director Ajit Joshi accepted the award at the Summit on October 8th. Read GLIFAA Ajit Joshi’s Thank You Presentation (pdf). He delivered this message immediately after Secretary Clinton’s video was played.

The 2009 Out and Equal Annual Workplace Summit occured October 5 – 9. Twelve employees from the foreign affairs agencies attended, including eight from USAID (five from the Management Bureau, two from the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), and one from Global Health), two from State (including an FSO and two others based in Charleston), and one from the Foreign Agricultural Service. The group of 12 was diverse by gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, and age.

The video:

The website for the Gays & Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies is here.

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