Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Orders LGBT Flags to be Flown At U.S. Embassies World-Wide
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the LGBT flags will be hung at embassies throughout the world, reversing a stance that was taken by Trump’s Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
“The Biden administration is off to a hopeful start, as Secretary of State nominee, Antony Blinken, has confirmed a recommitment to LGBTQ rights,” reported Outfront Magazine. “In a memo from July 2020, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper released a list of flags permitted to be displayed at U.S. military bases. Missing from the list was the LGBTQ pride flag, which Esper compared to the confederate flag. Prior to the ban, embassies raised the flag during pride month on the official embassy flagpole.”
“During the hearing, Blinken also confirmed that he plans to appoint an envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQ persons, a position created by Barack Obama in 2015 that wasn’t filled during the Trump presidency,” Ountfront continued.
“We’ve seen violence directed against LGBTQI people around the world increase. And so, I think the United States playing the role that it should be playing in standing up for and defending the rights of LGBTQI people is something that the department is going to take on and take on immediately. Raising the pride flag is one way to outright show LGBTQ solidarity.”
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