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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 09:09 PM Jun 2017

This year, during LGBT Pride Month, Trump's White House will be serving NO SCOOPS.

Donald Trump has ended Barack Obama’s eight-year tradition of LGBT Pride Month celebrations in the White House.

From 2009 until 2016, President Obama had issued annual Proclamations recognising the month of June as LGBT Pride Month and hosted LGBT festivities inside the White House.

Obama’s Proclamations recognised “the fight for dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people”, as well as marking the government’s role in “working to broaden opportunity, advance equality, and level the playing field for LGBT people and communities”.

However, the tradition of Pride celebrations in the White House appears to have been ended under Trump.



Today, the Trump White House released a string of Proclamations marking June as “National Homeownership Month”, “National Ocean Month”, “African-American Music Appreciation Month” and “Great Outdoors Month” – but no such Proclamation was released for LGBT Pride Month. Likewise, no LGBT Pride Month events at the White House have been announced.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/06/01/trump-ditches-white-house-lgbt-pride-month-celebrations/

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This year, during LGBT Pride Month, Trump's White House will be serving NO SCOOPS. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 2017 OP
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Runningdawg

(4,526 posts)
2. I believe under certain circumstances
Thu Jun 1, 2017, 09:15 PM
Jun 2017

being ignored by Trump and his administration is the best you can hope for. Imagine how pride month would be if he were tweeting encouragement to his followers to participate.

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