rights, they should ensure that the policy of “do no harm” is followed in order to prevent a backlash against the local L.G.B.T.Q. In the cable, which was earlier reported by Foreign Policy, State Department officials were told that when making decisions at their outposts to support L.G.B.T.Q. But in regions such as the Middle East and North Africa, where many countries outlaw same-sex relationships, displaying the flag could be contentious. The decision to display the flag is unlikely to be met with controversy in countries where L.G.B.T.Q. The rainbow flag is a symbol for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, so it stands for homosexual males as well as others.
Embassy officials in South Korea removed the banner, though, at the same time the Trump administration ordered it to remove a Black Lives Matter banner. Some embassies worked around the directive, including in South Korea, which displayed it on a building facade instead of the flagpole. flag, saying the American flag should fly alone. embassies from flying the Pride flag on the same pole as the U.S. Again, although the rainbow Pride flag is easily the most iconic and. Homosexuality is defined as being exclusively sexually attracted to members of the same sex. An envoy is yet to be named.ĭuring the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blocked U.S. The most recognizable letters of the entire acronym, L (Lesbian) and G (Gay), represent the homosexual people of the LGBTQ+ community. envoy, and rejecting the findings of a Trump administration “Commission on Unalienable Rights” which human rights scholars saw as a threat to L.G.B.T.Q.
We manufacture our pride flags in San Diego and ship them to gays all over the US. Blinken told lawmakers he would support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people, including allowing the pride flag at U.S. Were Pride Flag SD The first Queer owned flag company. In 1978, Gilbert Baker of San Francisco designed and made a flag with six stripes representing the six colors of the rainbow as a symbol of gay and lesbian. Many LGTBQIA+ people remain in the closet because of fear. It is a monumental dress comprised of the 71 flags of countries where homosexuality is punishable by law, including eight countries in which homosexual acts. During his confirmation hearing in January, Mr. Closet - being in the closet means keeping your gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret.