The U.S. Embassy in Israel, Latvia, Brazil, and Germany wanted to raise the rainbow flag in honor of pride month. The white house turned them down

The administration of the trump denied the request of a number of American embassies to be installed on the flagpoles near the buildings with their rainbow flags in honor of pride month is traditionally celebrated LGBTIQ community in June. According to sources in the government, among those who refused the request of the Embassy in Germany, Israel, Brazil, and Latvia.

The representatives of States abroad, said Brian Bulatao from the Department of justice, cooperating closely with the Secretary of state Pompeo and obey him even in the times of joint work in the CIA.

While during the Obama administration, all American embassies were allowed to set LGBTIQ flags on its territory without restrictions, this year — said the diplomats were told about the new rules. The flags were allowed to place inside and on the walls belonging to the authorities of States buildings — but not on flagpoles. Although Washington informed the Embassy that it will be necessary to send a formal request, so far none of the applications was not approved.

According to human rights activists, such a decision contradicts the statements about trump’s support for the rights of LGBTIQ in foreign countries: especially given the campaign of his administration’s decriminalisation of homosexuality abroad, as well as the recent tweet with an appeal «not to forget» during pride month «on those who are forced to live in the country, punishing and killing people for their sexual orientation».

….on the basis of their sexual orientation. My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2019

Among those who most actively supported the initiative for the decriminalization of homosexuality in approximately 70 countries where it is still illegal, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, occupying the highest position in the administration of the trump among the public members of the LGBTIQ. On the question of whether there will be in the end, the rainbow flag on flugsuche, the representative of the Embassy in Berlin said only that it «will be placed in so many places, how many will be allowed».

The human rights organization GLAAD has already commented on the news in his Twitter account, writing: «do you remember how last week President trump pretended celebrates pride month?»

Remember last week when @realDonaldTrump was pretending to celebrate #PrideMonth? 🤔 https://t.co/kTkWSvTMOO

— GLAAD (@glaad) June 7, 2019

The relationship of the acting head of the United States with LGBTIQ community become the object of criticism is not the first time. The administration has already banned transgender individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who have been through sex change surgery, to join the us army. Although the decision was criticized not only public figures, but many in the military, the President continues to adhere to the chosen line of conduct. In a recent visit to Britain he used as argument the fact that transgender people «do a lot of drugs», apparently referring to hormone therapy.

The white house also refused to introduced under President Obama the policy of protecting the TRANS community from discrimination by doctors. In addition, the sources reported plans for trump to simplify the process of eliminating same-sex couples to adopt children if it is contrary to the religious beliefs of certain organizations. The American civil liberties Union (ACLU) reported that in a response served on the administration of the court.

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