Some U.S. embassies fly LGBTQ Pride flag despite Trump administration advisory against it
"The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump's State Department to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles and have been denied," diplomats told NBC News.identified some of the embassies that have decided to go around the Trump Administration and find different ways of commemorating Pride Month.
In previous years, flying the Pride Flag on official embassy flagpoles was permitted in the month of June but there has been an obvious shift. Since the news came out of the display request being denied, it seemed like a complete 180-degree shift from the Trump's tweet last month to"celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made."
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