President Trump has “no plans”, a proclamation that June recognized as Pride Month or recognized another group or another matter, said Karoline Leavitt, spokesman for the White House, on Tuesday.
“There are no plans for a proclamation for the month of June,” said Leavitt during a media meeting in the White House, “but I can tell you that this president is very proud to be president for all Americans, regardless of breed, religion or creed.”
Trump refused to issue proclamations to recognize Pride Month during his first term, even though he briefly recognized him on social media in 2019, while he announced the efforts of his administration to decriminate homosexuality worldwide, the first Republican president who did so.
“While we celebrate the LGBT -Pride month and recognize the outstanding contributions that LGBT people have made to our great nation On the social platform XThen Twitter six years ago. “My administration started a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and to invite all nations on these efforts!”
Former President Clinton, a Democrat, issued the first proclamation of the President in 1999, in which June “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” was referred to. A statement made by the former President Obama in 2011 expanded the scope by bisexual and transgender man.
The decision of the White House is increasingly hostile in the middle of a broader counter -reaction against pride and a political climate that is increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ community, in particular the transgender man.
Opponents of the LGBTQ rights this week criticized US companies that proudly recognized social media contributions or the change in the colors of their company logos. A group of republicans of the congress Accused PBS of “care” of children According to “Sesame Street”, one of the flagship programs of the non -profit TV network shared a post in which the Pride month was recognized.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-ILL.), One of the GOP House members to criticize PBS and “Sesame Street”, presented a resolution on Tuesday in which June “Family Month” was explained what “the lie of ‘pride’ and instead honor God’s timeless and perfect.
“The American family is relentlessly attacked by a radical left -wing agenda that tries to extinguish the truth, redefine marriage and to confuse our children” told the Daily WireA conservative news agency in an interview published on Tuesday.
The educational department said on Monday Deklary June “Title IX month”According to the 1972 law against discrimination based on gender that the Trump government has argued that transgender women and girls take part in competition with female school sports teams.
Trump’s decision not to find the Pride Month formally also takes place in Washington as World Pride, the International LGBTQ Pride event.
