UK: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry: LGBT Issues Are "Basic Human Rights"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are putting LGBT rights at the forefront of their royal agenda. 

Speaking at the Commonwealth Youth Forum in London Wednesday, the couple — due to marry next month — chatted to young people at an event in which speakers from around the world gathered to discuss various LGBT issues.

Same-sex activity is criminalized in 36 of the 53 Commonwealth member states. 

Addressing youth activists, Markle said it was clear that these issues were "basic human rights," adding that it was important to challenge inequality based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Jacob Thomas, who won a Queen's Young Leaders award for work in reducing the suicide rate in the Australian LBGT community, said, "Miss Markle said — and these were her exact words — that this is a basic human rights issue, not one about sexuality." Read more via Hollywood Reporter