Clayton County.īiden also called on Congress to pass the Equality Act, legislation which establishes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in federal civil rights law alongside race and sex. Hodges, and which ruled that federal civil rights protections against sex discrimination in the workplace also extended to sexual orientation and gender identity, in Bostock v. He praised recent Supreme Court decisions that recognized a legal right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. “Pride is both a jubilant communal celebration of visibility and a personal celebration of self-worth and dignity,” Biden stated. history, issued a statement on June 1 for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, 2021.” Although a flag for Minor-Attracted Persons, or MAPs, has been used by some online users since June 2018, no Canadian LGBTQ association contacted by AFP was aware of the flag being used or of any. Rumours claim that a flag was made to represent pedophiles in order to incorporate them into the LGBTQ community. They were allowed to display the flag inside buildings.Īntony Blinken’s cable on “Pride” flags, first reported by Foreign Policy magazine in April, advised that diplomatic posts in certain countries should avoid flying the rainbow flag if doing so would create a backlash.Īlso on Tuesday, President Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in U.S. As Pride Month 2019 wrapped up, posts warning of a new pride flag resurfaced. diplomatic outposts were reportedly prohibited from flying the rainbow flag from embassy flagpoles, and had to obtain special permission to do so.
