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REMIX: UN Secretary General Calls For LGBT Equality | AllOut has this re-mix of U.N. Secretary General’s Ban Ki-moon’s special message to the United Nations Human Rights Council, decrying violence against the LGBT community as a “monumental tragedy” that is a “stain on our collective conscience” and a “violation of international law.” The Secretary made the remaks earlier this month, as the Council held a historic meeting on LGBT equality. Unfortunately, delegates from Muslim and African countries part of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation walked out in protest. Watch it:

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