The State Department has denied multiple U.S. diplomatic posts' requests to fly the rainbow pride flag on official flagpoles during LGBT Pride Month, according to two State Department sources. The decision is the latest in a string of moves by the agency under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo'
The State Department has denied multiple U.S. diplomatic posts' requests to fly the rainbow pride flag on official flagpoles during LGBT Pride Month, according to two State Department sources.
The denials fly in the face of the spirit of President Donald Trump's stated push to launch"a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality." While the president tweeted last Friday that the White House would"celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation" -– making him the first Republican president to do so – his administration has not proclaimed June as LGBT Pride Month.
"The President's recognition of Pride Month and his tweet encouraging our decriminalization campaign gives me even more pride to once again march in the Berlin Pride parade, hang a huge banner on the side of the Embassy recognizing our pride, host multiple events at the Embassy and the residence, and fly the gay pride flag," Grenell told NBC News, which was first to report on the denials.
But this year, Pompeo did not approve the cable and instead, the department sent guidance to posts via email that noted it would not transmit an [an official cable for and International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia] and LGBT Pride Month this year." LGBT rights activists expressed concern last week after news broke that the State Department was planning to convene a new commission on human rights that was based on"natural law" -- often taken to mean a religiously-based interpretation that excludes LGBT rights.
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