Oral Intervention to the UN Commission on Human Rights re: Protection and promotion of human rights (Agenda Item 17)

« Chairperson, distinguished delegates: the era of silence is over. In ever-increasing numbers, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people, our friends, supporters and allies are raising our voices, and we seek no more than the recognition of our inherent right to be treated with the equal dignity and respect to which all members of the human family are entitled . . . . »