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Biden administration reverses Trump’s ban on rainbow flags at embassies
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken authorized the rainbow flag at all American outposts, in time for Pride Month.
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Trump has turned U.S. diplomacy over to the religious right
Ralph Drollinger is the latest Trump associate with an anti-LGBTQ history, openly willing to cozy up to bigots and dictators. What else is new?
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Germany is furious with new gay US ambassador who says he will ’empower’ the far right
As long as your willing to wreck international relationships and break norms, being gay is no barrier in the Trump administration.
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Australian Prime Minister brushes off snub to diplomat’s same-sex partner
Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reception at an airport tin Paris.
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Report: Pope rejected gay French diplomat over displeasure with same-sex marriage in France
A French newspaper reports that Pope Francis met France’s nominated ambassador to the Holy See, who is openly gay, and told him that the Vatican would not accept his appointment.
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Vatican mum on why France’s appointment of a gay diplomat has stalled
The Vatican has yet to approve the appointment of an openly gay French ambassador to the Holy See, prompting observers to interpret the silence as a rebuke of the man’s sexual orientation.
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State Department to establish LGBT envoy to advocate for rights overseas
The U.S. Department of State will announce the appointment later this month of a special envoy to advocate for the rights of LGBT people overseas.
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Ted Osius III becomes first openly gay U.S. ambassador to East Asia
As the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, Ted Osius is the seventh openly LGBT person named as an ambassador under the Obama administration.
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OSCE Ambassador Daniel Baer marries partner in Vienna
Daniel Baer, the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), married his partner Brian Walsh in Vienna, Austria on Saturday. Baer is the seventh openly LGBT person appointed by President Barack Obama and the first to a multilateral institution.
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Obama nominates sixth openly gay diplomat to ambassador post
President Barack Obama has nominated Ted Osius as the next Ambassador to Vietnam, the White House has announced.