The Washington Post reports, citing an anonymous source.“The thinking behind the move was that it would be a way for Biden to highlight the importance of that position in his administration and that placing her there would raise the prestige of the U.N.
itself at a time when global cooperation, and the U.S. role on the world stage, has ebbed,” the Post reports.Biden and Harris have pledged to make promotion of LGBTQ+ equality around the world a priority of their administration, and Clinton would undoubtedly be a strong advocate for that.
In 2011, addressing the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, she said, “Being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.”To an audience that.