U.S. Embassies Still Essential to Standing Up for LGBTQ Equality Worldwide | Opinion
Congress forced through a measure prohibiting Pride flags from being flown on the exterior of U.S. embassies. This move was one of 52 anti-LGBTQ riders that House Republicans tried to attach to the appropriations bills—the other 51 were all defeated.
Still, this action, while limited in scope, is a dangerous capitulation to the same ideologies fueling anti-LGBTQ repression abroad.
It projects the wrong symbol at the wrong time. Our embassies must be outposts of freedom and sanctuaries of safety for LGBTQ people in every corner of the globe.This backlash against LGBTQ people, both in the U.S.
and abroad, is a response to our growing visibility. It is a recognition that equality and liberation, without exception, are the future, and that the time when forces of discrimination and repression held universal power is coming to an end.The battle for LGBTQ equality in the U.S.
