But in regions such as the Middle East and North Africa, where many countries outlaw same-sex relationships, displaying the flag could be contentious. The decision to display the flag is unlikely to be met with controversy in countries where L.G.B.T.Q. Embassy officials in South Korea removed the banner, though, at the same time the Trump administration ordered it to remove a Black Lives Matter banner. Some embassies worked around the directive, including in South Korea, which displayed it on a building facade instead of the flagpole. flag, saying the American flag should fly alone. embassies from flying the Pride flag on the same pole as the U.S. An envoy is yet to be named.ĭuring the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blocked U.S. envoy, and rejecting the findings of a Trump administration “Commission on Unalienable Rights” which human rights scholars saw as a threat to L.G.B.T.Q. Blinken told lawmakers he would support the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people, including allowing the pride flag at U.S. During his confirmation hearing in January, Mr.
