Embassies worldwide are defying Trump & flying the Pride flag without permission
“This is a category one insurrection,” one diplomat reports from overseas.
President Donald Trump’s tweet “honoring” Pride Month came on the heels of more attacks on the LGBTQ community and was met with immediate scorn. As if to put a finer point on it, days later the administration announced that despite’s Trump’s tweet, they would not allow embassies to fly the Pride flag as ambassadors have done for years.
Trump’s state department has rejected at least four requests from embassies to fly the rainbow flag during Pride month: Brazil, Germany, Israel and Latvia.
But some embassies have found a way to get around the decision or are outright defying the administration’s homophobia,
The Washington Post reports. The paper notes that embassies in Korea, Nepal, India, Chile, Austria, and Israel have all taken matters into their own hands.
“This is a category one insurrection,” one diplomat told the paper.
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