" encourages all commands to likewise find ways to recognize the service and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in defense of this nation," Kirby said. Kirby said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will participate in Pride Month activities at the Pentagon next week. The discovery of the emoji combination and its consecutive spread online sparked an outrage, with some users. The Pentagon said there would be no Pride flags flown over US military bases, keeping in place a Trump-era regulation strictly limiting the types of flags which can be flown at US military. There are nogay bars or children’s youth groups, for example. I don’t see them as anti-LGBTQ, but they don’t have any resources, Salvador continued. President Joe Biden has declared June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month, keeping in step with other Democratic presidents. Crossed-Out Pride Flag Emoji Combination (), also known as 'No Homo' Emoji, refers to a Unicode symbol combination which appears as a crossed-out pride flag on iOS mobile devices when emojis 'Pride Flag' and 'Prohibited' are combined. I don’t really see them as gay-friendly, said Paulo Salvador, the founder of Project Life, an HIV service and support organization based in nearby Holyoke. Kirby said the Pentagon’s decision not to change the policy "stems, rather, from a concern about other challenges to the policy that an exception of this kind might engender and encourage.”Ī senior defense official told CNN part of the DOD’s concern was that any change to the policy could result in any number of cause-related flags and symbols being displayed on military installations. The DOD policy, which limits which unofficial flags can be displayed at military bases, was put in place by then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper last July.Įsper’s announcement, in part, had to do with banning the Confederate flag and other potential hate symbols on bases amid last summer's racial tensions. diplomatic outposts to fly the LGBTQ community’s Pride flag on the same flagpole as the American flag at embassies and consulates. After Trumps administration denied several US embassies the right to fly a rainbow flag for Pride Month, Mike Pence has shown support for the decision. In April, Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a blanket authorization for U.S. The statement puts the Defense Department at odds with the State Department. Kirby added that the decision does not "in any way reflect on the respect and admiration we feel for all our LGBTQ+ personnel in and out of uniform." The Pentagon will "maintain existing policy for the display of unofficial flags" and "not grant an exception to display the Pride flag" at military bases, spokesman John Kirby said in a statement to CNN.
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