It felt like all of America was out dancing in the streets this June. And that’s because of you. Because of Jim Obergefell, Edie Windsor, and all the families who took their fight all the way to the Supreme Court. It was because of leaders like Chad, JoDee Winterhof, who is here, and Joe Solmonese, who is here, and Mike Berman, who is my longtime friend and who has been a champion, all the members of the HRC boards and committees, and everyone who marched, sang, wrote briefs, sacrifice, everything you did to make marriage equality the law of the land.
Now there is a map on the wall of my campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, in a place of honor, right when you walk in. It’s called “States Where Marriage Equality Is Law.” And it’s just a plain old map of the United States. But because now every single American — no matter where you live — is free to marry whoever you love, the map is colored everywhere. And that is the way it should be. That is real progress, my friends. And the people here today deserve a lot of the credit for making it happen.
Now, you’ve helped make other progress as well — including President Obama’s executive order barring companies that do business with the federal government from discriminating against LGBT Americans. And I appreciated your support, when as Chad said, I took steps to ban discrimination at the State Department, including by extending equal benefits to the partners of diplomats.
I’m really here to say thank you for your hard work and your courage. And for insisting that what’s right is right. You’ve helped change a lot of minds, including mine. And I am personally very grateful for that.
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There are still too many young people out there feeling hopeless and alone. Now we assure them that “it gets better” — but it can still be really hard to believe that. Especially when you turn on the TV and you see a Republican candidate for President literally standing in the courthouse door in Kentucky, calling for people to join him in resisting a Supreme Court ruling, celebrating a county clerk who’s breaking the law by denying other Americans their constitutional rights. Or when Republicans in Indiana pass a law letting businesses deny service to LGBT customers under the guise of religious freedom. Think about how that must sound if you’re a young gay or transgender kid. The message is unmistakable: There’s something wrong with you. You’re not a real citizen. You’re not wanted here, you’re not welcome.
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Because our work isn’t finished until every single person is treated with equal rights and dignity that they deserve — no matter how old they are, no matter where they live, whether it’s New York or Wyoming or anywhere else.
I know I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. You know the obstacles that remain better than I do. But I want you to know that I get it. I see the injustices and the dangers that you and your families still face. And I’m running for President to end them once and for all.
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What does that mean? Well, I’ll fight to end discrimination wherever it occurs. It’s outrageous that, in 2015, you can still be fired for being gay. You can still lose your home for being gay. You can even be denied a wedding cake for being gay. And this kind of discrimination goes against everything we stand for as a country.
Congress must pass the federal Equality Act. That law would finally outlaw discrimination against LGBT people basically everywhere — in employment, housing, public education, public accommodations, access to federal funding and credit, and in the jury system. It’s a great, noble piece of legislation that deserves to become the law of the land. As President, I will fight for it. And I hope that many of you will be there with me when I sign it into law.
You know I have a particular commitment to healthcare. I like to say that I still have the scars to show for what we tried to do back in the ‘90s, and I’m particularly concerned about healthcare for the LGBT community. One of many reasons why the Affordable Care Act is a good law is that it made it illegal for health insurers to deny coverage because of a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. But I’ve been hearing from people as I travel around the country, too many LGBT people still struggle to get the care you need. All the Republican governors who refused to accept the Medicaid expansion because they don’t like the Affordable Care Act are doing a lot of harm to people with HIV and AIDS who need Medicaid to afford the medications that keep them healthy.
Meanwhile, you may have read recently about a drug that’s been around for decades that went from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill — literally overnight, a 5000% increase. What is not talked about enough is that medication is one that many HIV-positive patients rely on every day. Now, with pressure from me and others, the CEO of the drug company says he’ll lower the price. But he hasn’t done it yet. And every day that he stalls, people with HIV are forced to worry and wait and pay hundreds of dollars more for medication that keeps them well. That is wrong and as President, I’ll take on the drug companies, I’ll cap out-of-pocket expenses for people with chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS. You shouldn’t have to go bankrupt to get the care you need to stay alive and healthy.
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We’ve got to address the growing crisis of transphobic violence. 2015 has seen the murder of at least 19 transgender women, primarily women of color, and nobody knows how much violence goes unreported or ignored. And we need to say with one voice that transgender people are valued, they are loved, they are us, and they deserve to be treated that way.
so you guys opinions are the same today as the were in 2004? im sure
What about that email that leaked of her freaking out that an airline or something changed their forms to say "Parent 1 and Parent 2" instead of Mom and Dad? That was just a few years ago.
Hillary wants this election really bad, she'll do or say anything.
so you guys opinions are the same today as the were in 2004? im sure
Opinions obviously change. Society is far more tolerant than it was in 2004 but she's just pandering to get votes. Or was she lying then because that's what people wanted to hear from her? Either way she's a fraud.
More proof Hilary doesn't care about the gays. This is from 2011.
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“Who made the decision that State will not use the terms ‘mother and father’ and instead substitute ‘parent one and two’?” Clinton wrote in an email to her assistant, Cheryl Mills.
“I’m not defending that decision, which I disagree w and knew nothing about, in front of this Congress. I could live w letting people in nontraditional families choose another descriptor so long as we retained the presumption of mother and father. We need to address this today or we will be facing a huge Fox-generated media storm led by Palin et al.”
The fact that she wouldn't stop going on and on. 
So desperate (as most politicians to be fair)
