U.S., Wtern Embassi Fly Gay Pri Flags Mosw - The Mosw Tim

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• NEWT GGRICH: GAY PRI FLAG AT U.S. EMBASSI IS 'DELIBERATELY ANTI-AMERIN'
• U.S., WTERN EMBASSI FLY GAY PRI FLAGS MOSW

NEWT GGRICH: GAY PRI FLAG AT U.S. EMBASSI IS 'DELIBERATELY ANTI-AMERIN'

Blken thorized diplomats to fly the pri flag before May 17, which is the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia, and to ntue their display at diplomatic outposts through the month of the ble, Mr. Blken told lawmakers he would support the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng people, cludg allowg the pri flag at U. "A rabow flag reprentg gay pri is pictured here.

"The ble was sent this week -- more than a month before Pri is celebrated June -- bee also lays out policy for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17, enuragg U. In a nfintial ble reviewed by Foreign Policy and sent to diplomatic posts around the world, Blken gave thory for diplomats to fly the Pri flag before May 17, which marks the ternatnal day agast homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia, as well as June, which the Uned Stat and many other untri is Pri month.

U.S., WTERN EMBASSI FLY GAY PRI FLAGS MOSW

This is the first time any diplomatic missn has flown a gay pri flag the religly nservative Arab Gulf, and is g ntroversy a untry where same-sex relatnships are illegal.

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The rabow LGBTQ Pri flag n now fly over US embassi once aga, thanks to a directive om the State Department (AFP via Getty Imag)At Uned Stat embassi, the Pri rabow n now fly alongsi the stars and a nfintial memo obtaed by Foreign Policy, Secretary of State Antony Blken thorized all Amerin embassi and nsulat around the world to display the LGBTQ Pri flag on the same flagpole as the Amerin one – somethg the Tmp admistratn had change of policy time for Pri Month, June, and the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on 17 memo did not make the display a requirement, however, and advised embassi to ci whether flyg the rabow was “appropriate light of lol ndns. Homosexualy is illegal the religly nservative untry and punishable wh prison time, chemil stratn, public floggg, or even ath.