Hillary Clinton said Saturday that her run for President is about ending "injustices and dangers" that are still faced by the LGBT community, according to The New York Times.
She gave an impassioned speech Saturday to a group of people from the Human Rights Campaign. "'Don't ask, don't tell' is over...But that doesn't change the fact that more than 14,000 men and women were forced out of the military for being gay," she said.
Chad Griffin, a former aide to former President Bill Clinton, is the leader of the Human Rights Campaign. The former First Lady was invited to speak for the group Saturday night, but her appearance on "SNL" forced a schedule change. Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the group Saturday night, The New York Times reported.
"I am running for president to stand for the fundamental rights of LGBT Americans and all Americans...That's a promise from one H.R.C. to another," Clinton said, referring to her own initials and those of the Human Rights Campaign.
"I've been fighting alongside you and others for equal rights and I'm just getting warmed up," she said, The Guardian reported. "You helped change a lot of minds, including mine."
Clinton is currently campaigning in the Democratic primary, where she has been the leader in the polls. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has slowly been moving closer to Clinton in the polls. Biden has not declared an official campaign as of yet, but he is still polling in second place.
"We're just happy to have them both," a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign said of the two speeches from Clinton and Biden, according to NBC News.
