embassy in Germany is particularly striking since Trump's envoy to Berlin is Richard Grenell, one of the highest-ranking openly gay officials in the administration. Flying any special flag on the official flagpole at a US diplomatic post overseas requires special permission, per the department's Foreign Affairs Manual. mission's grounds, but not the official flagpole, according to department guidance distributed in May. Pride flags can be displayed elsewhere on a U.S. The denials fly in the face of the spirit of President Donald Trump's stated push to launch 'a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality.' While the president tweeted last Friday that the White House would 'celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation' - making him the first Republican president to do so - his administration has not proclaimed June as LGBT Pride Month.
missions overseas that were denied are Brazil, Germany, Israel, and Latvia, one source told ABC News.
