OBAMA LEGACY: A quiet mission to export gay rights overseas

[HenryJ]

OBAMA LEGACY: A quiet mission to export gay rights overseas (AP)
https://www.apnews.com/0839b1b7c35f4a4cb1835a16fb23b0d9

Straightforward story from AP that will be picked up by mainstream outlets.

No doubt a lot of RW heads are exploding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — While the world was watching America's gay rights transformation, the Obama administration was pursuing a quieter mission to try to export the same freedoms overseas to places like sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and eastern Europe.

The U.S. has deployed its diplomats and spent tens of millions of dollars to try to block anti-gay laws, punish countries that enacted them, and tie financial assistance to respect for LGBT rights. It was a mission animated in part by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's declaration that "gay rights are human rights."

Yet the U.S. encountered occasional backlash, including from some rights groups that said public pressure by the West made things worse.

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Whole thing is worth reading. Not very long.

[awoke_in_2003]

1. Loosening the talons

of the RCC in Latin America won't be easy

[LostOne4Ever]

2. I am going to miss this administration so much!!!! Nt