State Dept. denies embassies’ requests to fly rainbow pride flag on official flagpoles
State Dept. denies embassies’ requests to fly rainbow pride flag on official flagpoles By CONOR FINNEGAN andTARA PALMERI Jun 7, 2019, 7:14 PM ET The State Department has denied multiple U.S. diplomatic posts' requests to fly the rainbow pride flag on official flagpoles during LGBT Pride Month, according to two State Department sources. The decision is the latest in a string of moves by the agency under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's tenure that LGBT rights activists say discriminate against the community. Among the U.S. missions overseas that were denied are Brazil, Germany, Israel, and Latvia, one source told ABC News. The denials [...]