LGBTQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has yet to issue a proclamation for Pride Month, breaking a recent tradition that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender advocacy groups call ‘deeply disappointing’ but not entirely surprising.
June is historically recognized as LGBT Pride Month. Former President Barack Obama issued a federal proclamation every year dating back to 2011, according to White House archives.
But, as of June 2, the president has yet to sign an official proclamation for Pride Month, forcing federal agencies to hold back their own materials. The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at the Pentagon, for example, last posted materials and posters for Pride Month in a May 20, 2016, news release. But there are no updated materials for 2017.
The office regularly puts out observance notices with documentation and posters to help military commands mark a range of issues. So far this year, the Pentagon office has released materials for Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
A spokesman for the institute said that the delay is due to the lack of a White House proclamation, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.”
-Jaqueline Klimas, “Trump’s failure to issue Pride Month proclamation called ‘deeply disappointing’,” Politico, June 2, 2017 01:23pm