US Ambassador Takes Russian Counterpart To Watch Broadway Musical On Closet Gay People
by The Daily Eye Team March 9 2016, 1:10 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 23 secsThe United States turned to cultural diplomacy on Tuesday to push gay rights at the United Nations by taking 15 U.N. ambassadors, including those from Russia, Gabon and Namibia, to see an award-winning lesbian musical on Broadway.
Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said the "Fun Home" coming-of-age production "brings home the challenges that LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) are facing every day around the world."