Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s new guidance on flag displays at military installations was hailed on Friday for prohibiting the display of Confederate flags — but the memo also bans the display of LGBTQ Pride flags, the Washington Blade reports.
Esper’s announcement follows a lengthy internal debate as well as recent bans on displaying the flag by both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S.
Navy. His two-page memo lists the various flags that are now authorized to be displayed on U.S. military property and that “promote unity and esprit de corps.” A Pentagon spokesperson affirmed to the Blade on Friday that “a read of the guidance — which excludes the display of flags other than the U.S.