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The State Department has not responded to requests for comment. This time, those requests were denied, the sources said. But they were not given encouragement as in years past to engage in outreach with local LGBT communities, and they had to again get permission to fly the Pride flag on the official flagpole. That meant embassies and consulates could still mark both with whatever actions they wanted.
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In previous years, an official cable was sent from Washington with guidance on how to mark LGBT Pride month and International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.īut this year, Pompeo did not approve the cable and instead, the department sent guidance to posts via email that noted it would not transmit an and LGBT Pride Month this year." But that permission was rescinded under the Trump administration, and individual posts had to request permission to fly the pride flag. In 2016, the Obama administration granted "blanket written authorization from the Under Secretary for Management to display the pride flag on the external-facing flagpole" during June, according to a cable sent at the time. (MORE: Trump administration halts visas for unmarried same-sex partners of foreign diplomats)