President Trump has “no plans” to challenge a proclamation recognizing June as Pleasure Month, or dedicate it to every other group or trigger, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Tuesday.
“There are no plans for a proclamation for the month of June,” Leavitt stated throughout a media briefing on the White Home, “but I can tell you this president is very proud to be a president for all Americans, regardless of race, religion or creed.”
Trump declined to challenge proclamations recognizing Pleasure Month all through his first time period, although he briefly acknowledged it on social media in 2019 whereas touting his administration’s efforts to decriminalize homosexuality worldwide, the primary Republican president to take action.
“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation,” Trump wrote on the social platform X, then Twitter, six years in the past. “My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!”
Former President Invoice Clinton, a Democrat, issued the primary presidential proclamation designating June “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month” in 1999. A declaration issued in 2011 by former President Barack Obama expanded the scope to incorporate bisexual and transgender folks.
The White Home’s determination comes amid a broader backlash in opposition to Pleasure and a political local weather that’s more and more hostile to the LGBTQ group, significantly transgender folks.
Opponents of LGBTQ rights this week criticized U.S. firms that publicly acknowledged Pleasure with social media posts or by briefly altering the colours of their company logos. A gaggle of congressional Republicans accused PBS of “grooming” kids after “Sesame Street,” one of many nonprofit TV community’s flagship packages, shared a put up recognizing Pleasure Month on Sunday.
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ailing.), one of many GOP Home members to criticize PBS and “Sesame Street,” launched a decision Tuesday declaring June “Family Month,” which she stated would “reject the lie of ‘Pride’ and instead honor God’s timeless and perfect design.”
“The American family is under relentless attack from a radical leftist agenda that seeks to erase truth, redefine marriage and confuse our children,” Miller instructed The Day by day Wire, a conservative information outlet, in an interview revealed Tuesday.
On Monday, the Training Division stated it was declaring June “Title IX Month,” after the 1972 legislation in opposition to intercourse discrimination that the Trump administration has argued prohibits transgender girls and ladies from competing on feminine college sports activities groups.
Trump’s determination to not formally acknowledge Pleasure Month additionally comes as WorldPride, the worldwide LGBTQ Pleasure occasion, takes place this month in Washington.
