National LGBT Pride Month Kicks Off Without Proclamation from Trump
It looks as though the Trump administration's love affair with his LGBT followers may be over.
With the clock ticking past noon on the first day of June, time is running out for President Trump to at least pretend to keep his promise of being the "most pro-LGBT president ever." While the White House issued a number of proclamations designating June a national month for everything from oceans to home ownership, LGBT Pride was not among them.
Apparently the Trump administration's idea of LGBT Pride begins and ends with keeping ISIS from throwing people off of roofs. On Wednesday, May 21, he put his pen to four proclamations naming June "National Homeownership Month," "National Ocean Month," "Great Outdoors Month" and "National African-American Music Appreciation Month." National LGBT Pride Month apparently didn't make the cut.
Perhaps Pride skips a presidency. Pride Month was first recognized as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 1999 in the waning years of Bill Clinton's second term. The following year, he issued a similar proclamation in June. The George W. Bush presidency saw recognition of the month go dormant for eight years. In 2009, Barrack Obama revived the proclamation for eight years.
Trump could be the first Republican president to issue a Pride Month proclamation. As of this writing, he has a little over nine hours to make it official. Although anything could happen, nobody is expecting a rainbow on The White House this year.
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