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Clinton met with State Department’s gay group GLIFAA last week to discuss how the department treats its gay employees:

Michelle Schohn, president of Gays & Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies, said she met with Clinton for 30 minutes along with the heads of nine affinity groups within the State Department.

. . . “It was an overwhelmingly positive meeting,” Schohn said. “There wasn’t a lot of time to talk with her because she was meeting with all the affinity groups, so we each got a tiny chunk of time to be able to say something to her.”

. . . When Clinton was asked about gay employees during her confirmation hearing earlier this month, she said she would “take a hard look at existing policy,” and that her “understanding is other nations have moved to extend that partnership benefit.”

Earlier this week, GLIFAA delivered a letter to Clinton signed by more than 2,000 government workers urging her to address the discrepancies between how the State Department treats gay and straight employees. Schohn said she asked Clinton whether she had received the letter, and Clinton confirmed that she did.

At the end of the meeting Clinton reiterated her promise to review current policies. For an insider look at what gay State Department employees struggle through on a daily basis, check out the blog “Life after Jerusalem.”