In a speech before the United Nations Human Rights anchor text anchor text anchor text anchor text anchor text anchor text Council in December 2011, Clinton said that, "Gay rights are human rights", and that the U.S. would advocate for gay rights and legal protections of homosexual folks overseas. The similar interval saw her overcome inside administration opposition with a direct attraction to Obama and stage the first visit to Burma by a U.S. secretary of state since 1955. She met with Burmese leaders in addition to opposition chief Aung San Suu Kyi and sought to support the 2011 Burmese democratic reforms.