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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis year, during LGBT Pride Month, Trump's White House will be serving NO SCOOPS.
Donald Trump has ended Barack Obamas 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.
Obamas Proclamations recognised the fight for dignity and equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, as well as marking the governments 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/
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Hardly a surprise
Runningdawg
(4,526 posts)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.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Didn't Twitler hold up a rainbow flag during the campaign?