Hillary Clinton supports gay Iranians

In an interview with the leading US gay newspaper, Philadelphia Gay News, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for strong action by the US government in support of gays and lesbians overseas.

PGN: What changes would you make toward governments that execute gay people, such as Iran, Egypt and Iraq and numerous other countries in the Middle East and Africa? Will you offer political asylum?
HC: I would be very strongly outspoken about this and it would be part of American foreign policy. There are a number of gross human-rights abuses that countries engage in with whom we have relations and we have to be really vigilant and outspoken in our total repudiation of those kinds of actions and do everything we can, including using our leverage on matters such as aid, to change the behavior so we can try to prevent such atrocities from happening.