The measure permits only certain flags to be flown over US embassies, including the US flag, US Foreign Service flag, POW/MIA flag, Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, flag of a state, “insular area” or DC, Indian tribal government flag, the official branded flag of a US agency, and the sovereign flag of another nation.
I’d much rather they try and implement actual protections for LGBT+ Americans than just do this performative bs. I don’t give a flying fuck if there are pride flags at our embassies. What I actually want is to be protected from losing my healthcare, housing, and general right to appear in public without fear of harassment. There are already several states I don’t feel safe traveling to, and that is an absolute travesty in what is supposedly the “Land of Freedom”. What a fucking joke.
My concerns exactly, when lgbtq folk are being persecuted in their home states for just existing, and all they can do is let trans people back in the military and allow the privileged folks at embassies to fly pride flags, well it’s clearly more about apprarences.
It’s for the rest of this funding year. Seems like a ridiculous add-on.
