One envoy called it a 'Category 1 insurrection.'
Several American embassies and diplomats are defying the policy and the spirit of the Trump administration’s reported prohibition against flying rainbow colors from embassies in honor of June’s LGBTQ Pride Month.
NBC News was the first to report Saturday that the State Department was denying all requests to fly the flag from embassy flagpoles. American officials are also making clear that they support the LGBTQ community in other ways. U.S. diplomats in Jerusalem have tweeted photos of themselves at the local March for Pride and Tolerance. The Jerusalem Post reported that the embassy “sent a delegation to the parade to show support.” Today, along with the U.S. Mission in Nepal community, I join people around the world in celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Intersex #PrideMonth, and reaffirm the U.S.
The U.S. consulate in Mumbai posted an educational video to the world explaining LGBTQ rights in America, which noted that the struggle continues.Under the Obama administration, and even the first years of Trump’s term, flying the Pride flag from U.S. embassy flagpoles was routine. The Obama administration directed agencies involved with foreign policy to promote LGBTQ rights, according to the Post.
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