The Biden White House also reversed an order issued by Trump’s then-secretary of state Mike Pompeo on flying the pride flag at some US embassies, including in India and Australia, highlighting their support for LGBTQ people. Biden also reversed a ban on transgender people openly enlisting and serving in the military. On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to protect LGBTQ people under all federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex. “We are proud of them.”Ī 2015 RAND study found that 5.8 % of service members identified as either lesbian, gay or bisexual. “This in no way reflects any lack of respect or admiration for people that (are from) the LGBTQ+ community, the personnel in and out of uniform who serve in this department,” Kirby added. In his own distorted way of showing solidarity with the LGBT, or gay community, President Obama lit up the White House on Friday Night with the colors of the gay pride flag, which did nothing more than beclown himself and the office of the President of the United States. He said that the decision was made because it could open the door for other challenges to the rule set in place in July. He says so much of queer culture and LGBTQ+ spaces have been based.
“There won’t be an exception made this month for the pride flag,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. Alexander says that white gay privilege means walking into a queer space knowing that it has been created with you in mind.
