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Politics
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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Commentary
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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News (USA)
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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News (World)
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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News (World)
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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News (World)
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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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Life
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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Life
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.
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News (World)
India political party leader says gay U.S. diplomats should be ‘arrested, punished’
NEW DELHI, India — The leader of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Wednesday that India should “arrest and punish” U.S. diplomats in India who have “same sex companions” as same-sex acts is illegal in the country.
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News (USA)
Senate confirms James ‘Wally’ Brewster as fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has confirmed James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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News (USA)
U.S. Senate conducts hearing for possible fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday conducted a confirmation hearing on the appointment James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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News (USA)
U.S. Senate confirms appointments of four openly gay diplomats
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate of Thursday confirmed a number of President Barack Obama’s nominations to diplomatic posts, including Daniel Baer to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, John Berry as the Ambassador to Australia, Rufus Gifford as Ambassador to Denmark, and James Costos as Ambassador to Spain.
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Life
William Murray: Homosexual elitist diplomats are to blame for Middle East turmoil
William Murray of the Religious Freedom Coalition not only told the American Family Association’s Sandy Rios that Islam is not a religion, but also that the U.S. fails to understand Muslims because our diplomats are homosexual elitists.