US Embassy to boycott Tel Aviv Pride Parade, in Trump-era reversal
The US Embassy in Israel will boycott this year’s Tel Aviv Pride parade and will not host any pride month events of its own, unlike in previous years.
Haaretz obtained a letter that the US Embassy sent to Israel’s Foreign Ministry notifying Jerusalem, saying it was in line with a shift in the Trump administration’s approach.
The letter referred to the “LGB community,” dropping the TQ+ in line with Washington’s policy against the trans community. The policy is in line with a State Department directive to embassies around the world, Haaretz reports.
The new US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a devout Evangelical Christian, is himself an opponent of LGBTQ equality. In 2015, he said asking Christians to accept same-sex marriage is “like asking someone Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.” He has not since backed down from that position.
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