Since she has been tweeting regularly, Hillary has begun to display a real flair for the concise social medium. Here is her kick-off to Pride Month on Twitter,
Happy Pride Month—hoping this June is one for the history books. -H
Hillary Clinton Don’t let the brevity of the message fool you. Hillary has a long history of support for the LGBT community. As New York Senator, she marched in parades.
As Secretary of State she heard the requests of LGBT Foreign Service members to extend domestic benefits to partners, promised to investigate the feasibility, found it doable, and within six months of setting foot at Foggy Bottom established those benefits.
Hillary Clinton Grants Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Foreign Service Personnel
June 18, 2009
Benefits for Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Foreign Service Employees
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of StateWashington, DCJune 18, 2009
While a career in the Foreign Service is rewarding, the demands to serve our country require great commitment and sacrifice by Foreign Service employees and their families. As in American society, our Foreign Service families come in different configurations; all are part of the common fabric of our Post communities abroad. Family members often uproot their lives, endure hardship conditions, and put their own careers on hold to support our overseas missions. The Department of State acknowledges these vital contributions by providing certain family members with benefits, training, and allowances.
The same has not been true for domestic partners of Foreign Service employees.
By definition and job description, Foreign Service officials work in other countries some of which have been hostile to LGBT rights, so, as Secretary of State, Hillary brought the campaign for human rights of LGBT people into the international arena.
Remarks at an Event Co-Hosted by the Department of State and Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) in celebration of LGBT Pride Month
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of StateDean Acheson AuditoriumWashington, DCJune 27, 2011… in March, the United States led a major effort at the Human Rights Council in Geneva to get other countries to sign on in support of a statement on ending violence and criminalization based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In the end, 85 countries signed the statement, 18 more than ever had signed onto any previous UN statement on LGBT rights.And in the very next session of the Human Rights Council, just two weeks ago after another major push by American diplomats in Geneva as well as our teams from IO, DRL, EUR, WHA, and other bureaus, the Council passed the first ever UN resolution recognizing the human rights of LGBT people worldwide. And it was especially meaningful that we had South Africa cosponsoring that resolution with us. And with that we took a huge step forward in our work to refute the hateful suggestion that LGBT people are somehow exempt from human rights protections, and we made it absolutely clear that, so far as the United States is concerned and our foreign policy, and our values – that gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.
In December 2011 she delivered an historic address in Geneva commemorating Human Rights Day.
Video: Secretary Clinton’s Human Rights Day Speech
December 6, 2011
Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day
Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of StatePalais des NationsGeneva, SwitzerlandDecember 6, 2011… Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality. And protecting the human rights of all people, gay or straight, is not something that only Western governments do. South Africa’s constitution, written in the aftermath of Apartheid, protects the equality of all citizens, including gay people. In Colombia and Argentina, the rights of gays are also legally protected. In Nepal, the supreme court has ruled that equal rights apply to LGBT citizens. The Government of Mongolia has committed to pursue new legislation that will tackle anti-gay discrimination.
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I know that the thoughts I’ve shared today involve questions on which opinions are still evolving. As it has happened so many times before, opinion will converge once again with the truth, the immutable truth, that all persons are created free and equal in dignity and rights. We are called once more to make real the words of the Universal Declaration. Let us answer that call. Let us be on the right side of history, for our people, our nations, and future generations, whose lives will be shaped by the work we do today. I come before you with great hope and confidence that no matter how long the road ahead, we will travel it successfully together.
She has come to support marriage equality and recently applauded Ireland’s ground-breaking vote with a laudatory tweet.
Well done, Ireland. -H
While her tweets are compact, her rationale is rooted in broad investigation and deeply held values. She was honored for her work in 2012.
Hillary Clinton: Video Remarks for LGBT Pride Award
July 6, 2012
Video Remarks for LGBT Pride Award
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of StateWashington, DCJuly 6, 2012
A big hello to all of you there in London. I am sorry I can’t be there in person to join the festivities and to say “thank you” for this special award.I want to acknowledge all the people who are working hard to advance human rights in their own communities around the world—people whose names may not be well-known but who are making a difference every day.
They deserve our gratitude and our deep respect.
As I announced in Geneva last December, we’ve launched a Global Equality Fund—a fund that other governments, companies, and foundations can contribute to—that will provide support for civil society groups around the world that are working to protect the human rights of LGBT people.
Still4Hill 
The thing I love most about this campaign is the healing of the pain of 07 and 08. The AA, Hispanic, Gay Pride, labor and the dem base itself will be together on this one. All of us will be on the same page. The parts in unity.
Nice.
I am disappointed it will be NY but kind of expected it to be since her calendar shows she will be there the day before on the 12th. It is a very long way for me to travel. I have to think about it. I know we all want to be there.
It will be live streamed and TV – full coverage for the frontrunner by miles.
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You think she knows something about the SCOTUS decision? Looks like some foreshadowing–or am I just hearing what I want to hear?
Sorry Karen–I am thrilled it is NY!
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Go For IT!! SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous. YELL YAY for me.
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How could she know, though?
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She might. If it leaked to anyone it would be her. Or just her eyes and ears of many supporters through the grapevines are picking up little hints.
Smiles, nodding of heads. Good luck Sophie, on that too!
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I don’t know how she could know. I am likely hearing what I want to hear. Or, she could have heard the arguments and applied her astute abilities of analysis!
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How could she have time to listen?
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