Mara Keisling
Founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality
Transformative Human Rights Day
Posted: 12/10/11 06:36 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mara-keisling/human-rights-day_b_1140928.htmlToday is International Human Rights Day, celebrated in commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the UN in 1948. This year, as in each of the preceding handful of years, we see a long, muddy road ahead, but also traction in our work for the human rights that we have been guaranteed (yet denied) by the Declaration for half a century and by the American Constitution for centuries.
This year on Human Rights Day there is significant good news to celebrate -- transformational good news. The Obama Administration, further expressing and advancing its commitment to human rights for transgender and all LGBT people, put forth two important statements that represent the most significant recognition to date by an American President of Trans people's rights as human beings.
