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Secretary of State Antony Blinken Orders LGBT Flags Flown at U.S. Embassies, Will Name Special Envoy for Gay Rights
2021-02-01
[Breitbart] LGBT activists are cheering Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announcement that he will reverse an order from President Donald Trump and put up "pride" flags at U.S. Embassies around the world.

Outfront magazine reported on the development:
The Biden administration is off to a hopeful start, as Secretary of State nominee, Antony Blinken, has confirmed a recommitment to LGBTQ rights.

In a memo from July 2020, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper released a list of flags permitted to be displayed at U.S. military bases. Missing from the list was the LGBTQ pride flag, which Esper compared to the confederate flag. Prior to the ban, embassies raised the flag during pride month on the official embassy flagpole.

During 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.

Blinken claimed violence against that demographic increased while Trump was in office.

"We’ve seen violence directed against LGBTQI people around the world increase," Blinken said. "And so, I think the United States playing the role that it should be playing in standing up for and defending the rights of LGBTQI people is something that the department is going to take on and take on immediately. Raising the pride flag is one way to outright show LGBTQ solidarity."

"Biden is the first U.S. president to openly embrace a full range of queer rights, including transgender equality," Outfront magazine reported.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#17  Notwithstanding the LGBTs it was more substantive than flying a flag.

Who wants Substance when you have Virtual Signalling?
The LGBT [bowel] movement nowdays cares about as much about gay and other letters as BLM cares about Blacks... It's not much about equality anymore as it is about hatred of Heterosexuals and making you bend over to their will.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-02-01 19:05  

#16  I wouldn't be surprised if they replaced the red and white stripes with those colours in some years.



Posted by: Dron66046   2021-02-01 18:08  

#15  Moar, moar, of what we don't need!
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-02-01 16:40  

#14  The Trump Admin initiated an effort back in 2019 to end the criminalization of homosexuality. The LGBT movement in the USA basically said F...Y.. anyway.

Notwithstanding the LGBTs it was more substantive than flying a flag.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-02-01 12:56  

#13   That flag should be a big hit in conservative Muslim countries

India won’t be excited as well. Israel won’t particularly care — Tel Aviv has a big gay pride march every year without too much fuss. But it will confirm that they were right to hope for Donald Trump’s re-election, and underline that they’ll get from Joe Biden what they got from Barack Obama, though possibly not so openly insulting as being sent to a working dinner with underlings while Barry went off to dinner with his family.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-02-01 11:40  

#12  Thank you mr obama.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2021-02-01 11:40  

#11  While they deserve their rights like anyone else, promoting them to Sainthood doesn't help.
Posted by: Jiggs Javirong2320   2021-02-01 11:11  

#10  When does "Godless and Sodomites Welcome" replace "In God We Trust" on our money?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-02-01 10:48  

#9  That flag should be a big hit in conservative Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2021-02-01 10:26  

#8  ^ Beat me to it. I'm sure it will be a hit in Africa and muzz lands...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-02-01 10:21  

#7  That's not going to go over well in some countries.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-02-01 09:01  

#6  An oligarchy of special interests.

Are you prepared to die to defend the oligarchy?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-02-01 06:13  

#5  Please do not forget February is Black History Month and Democrats Ruled the CSA (Confederate States of America)

The featured in this article is the LGBTQI (or as I see it with my dyslexia GLIB-QT) Banner.




GLIB = adjective, glib·ber, glib·best. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers. easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners.
Posted by: Spanky Turkeyneck2611   2021-02-01 03:39  

#4  Raising the pride flag is one way to outright show LGBTQ solidarity

Typical
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-01 03:13  

#3  Can someone tell me how soon we'll be able to purchase human liver pâté ?

Yum! Just as soon as I'm done finalizing my supplier contracts. Pâté, ribeye, flank & hanger: comin' right up.
Posted by: Armie Hammered   2021-02-01 02:07  

#2  Truth in advertising. Dept of State is populated by a bunch of homos practiced in the art of the clusterfuck.
Posted by: Wholulet Thigum4957   2021-02-01 01:35  

#1  Can someone tell me how soon we'll be able to purchase human liver pâté ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-01 01:20  

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