Trump administration refuses to let US embassies fly the Pride flag

This Pride month, the Trump administration has denied requests from its American embassies to fly the rainbow Pride flag on their flagpoles. This is a shift from the Obama era policy which gave diplomats blanket permission to fly the Pride flag during the month of June.Donald Trump’s policy is that for the rainbow flag to be flown, express permission must be granted, and no requests have been approved. The Israeli, Latvian, and Brazilian US embassies all requested permission to fly the pri