UN Human Rights Council Passes GLBT Rights Resolution

UN Human Rights Council passes gay rights resolution. Via CNN:

Suzanne Nossel, deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations, told CNN, "It really is a key part in setting a new norm that gay rights are human rights and that that has to be accepted globally."

"It talks about the violence and discrimination that people of LGBT persuasion experience around the world," she said, "and that those issues ... need to be taken seriously. It calls for reporting on what's going on, where people are being discriminated against, the violence that is taking place, and it really puts the issue squarely on the U.N.'s agenda going forward."

Thanks for that, but it took long enough. I don't know if the entire General Assembly would pass something like this, but this at least requires reporting, so it's a step forward. It doesn't immediately change anything but perception, but that's a start.