Pray for the many hurting people who are confused about their sexuality and gender and pray that the U.S.
president to openly embrace a full range of queer rights, including transgender equality,” Outfront magazine reported. Prior to the ban, embassies raised the flag during pride month on the official embassy flagpole.ĭuring 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. Missing from the list was the LGBTQ pride flag, which Esper compared to the confederate flag. In a memo from July 2020, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper released a list of flags permitted to be displayed at U.S. The Biden administration is off to a hopeful start, as Secretary of State nominee, Antony Blinken, has confirmed a recommitment to LGBTQ rights. Outfront magazine reported on the development:
