Hillary Clinton has come out for marriage equality.

On Monday (18 March), the US Democrat made the announcement in an online video released by the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign.

In the five-minute video, she says gays and lesbians are ‘full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship.’

‘That includes marriage,’ Clinton says, adding she backs same-sex marriage both ‘personally and as a matter of policy and law.’

The political future of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets as much press as the country's looming fiscal cliff. Now the chatter focuses on her on gay marriage position. She is one of the few top tier Democrats to keep silent on the topic.

In the 2008 Democratic party primary, she supported civil unions. This put her in the mainstream. All top tier candidates in that election, including then Senator Barack Obama, favored civil unions over same sex nuptials.

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had her ads in support of gay marriage pulled by NBC News.

Buzzfeed.com reports that because Clinton works as a special correspondent for NBC, the network scuttled plans by backers of Washington state's marriage equality bill R-74 to use an ad by Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has supported moves to bring governments and companies together to push gay rights worldwide.

The US Secretary of State has spearheaded diplomatic efforts to improve the human rights of LGBT people in some of the most dangerous countries in the world.

And, in a letter to business people holding a summit in London on gay, bi and trans equality, she urges the world’s leading corporate giants to make an impact.

Imagine if Bill and Hillary Clinton had a son named Thomas instead of a daughter named Chelsea.

Now imagine that the son was gay - and very hot.

That's essentially the situation in the new USA Network series Political Animals which premieres on Sunday (15 July).

In the six-episode series, Sigourney Weaver plays former First Lady Elaine Barrish is currently serving as the Secretary of State and running for the presidency herself.

US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has been honored with a unique work of art for her gay rights work.

International gay organization Kaleidoscope Trust has given her a huge American flag with the full text of her historic speech to the United Nations, where she called for global LGBT rights, sewn into it.

The US ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis Susman, received the flag at the American embassy today in advance of Independence Day, 4 July tomorrow.

Three activists are on their fifth day without food in a bid to force French President François Hollande to act on gay rights in the UN.

The activists from the French committee for International Day Against Homophobia include IDAHO’s global founder, Louis-Georges Tin.

Tin says newly elected President Hollande promised him in May that he would bring a resolution to the UN, demanding the decriminalization of homosexuality worldwide.

US Congressmen have called for action on the violence suffered by the LGBT community in Honduras.

In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, over 80 US congressional Democrats expressed 'concern about the recent increase in violence' against the gay, bi and trans communities in the Central American country.

According to human rights organizations in Honduras, over 70 LGBT individuals have been murdered since the 2009 coup d'etat when the Honduran army ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released an LGBT Pride Month video today (12 June) highlighting areas of progress but pointing out how much still needs to be done.

Starting on a positive note, Clinton says: 'In the United States and around the world, progress is being made. The tireless advocacy of generations is bending the arc of history. Barriers are being torn down, discriminatory laws repealed, and millions are now able to live more freely and participate in the future of their communities and countries.'

A video of a woman’s homophobic speech at a city council meeting has gone viral.

Discovered by gay blog Towerload, the American woman identified as Jane Svoboda, a known lobbyist, offers a few graphic, inaccurate remarks about gay people at a non-discrimination ordinance hearing in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Among her many delusional remarks are:

Hillary Clinton has faced many challenges during her time as US Secretary of State and one of the biggest has been trying to promote LGBT equality around the world.

Clinton said during an appearance at Syracuse University this week that gay rights is 'just a totally foreign concept' in parts of Africa and Asia.