“When we’re trying to advance, defend, support the protection of LGBTQI persons around the world, we want to make sure that we’re doing this in a way that takes into account the specific situation, conditions in a given country,” Blinken said Monday. The Progress flag was designed to incorporate the all LGBTQIA identities. This is the first time any diplomatic mission has flown a gay pride flag in the religiously conservative Arab Gulf, and it is causing controversy in a country where same-sex relationships are illegal.
“When it comes to the American flagpole, and American embassies, and capitals around the world, one American flag flies,” then- Vice President Mike Pence said at the time. Worthington residents and visitors will see the Progress Pride flag being flown in our historic downtown area this June in celebration of Pride Month. In June 2019, the Trump administration denied requests from US embassies in at least four countries - Brazil, Germany, Israel and Latvia - to fly the flag during that month’s festivities. The final day of the tribute, June 28, marks the 52nd anniversary of the beginning of the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village.īlinken also said he had given ambassadors around the world permission to fly the pride flag if they desired. Hodges that legalized gay marriage nationwide. The secretary said the flag would be flown for three days beginning June 26, the anniversary of the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed at an Atlantic Council event Monday that the department will fly the “Progress” flag for the first time to mark Pride Month.īlinken described the flag - which incorporates a black, brown, light blue, pink and white chevron into the traditional rainbow-colored pride flag - as “a symbol that encompasses the diversity and intersectionality of LGBTQI persons and communities around the world.” The State Department will fly its pride flag later this month. US reopens Ukraine embassy as tide turns against Russian invasion Israel blocks US proposal to hold summit with Palestinian Authority: reportīrittney Griner receiving written messages from family, friends