The State Department raises the Progress Pride flag over their headquarters

The Progress flag being raised under the American flag outside of the Harry S. Truman Building in Washington, D.C. on June 25, 2021.
Photo: Screenshot/State Department

The State Department officially raised a Pride flag for the first time over its headquarters on June 25. The flag chosen was a new yet popular rendition of the rainbow Pride flag, the Progress Pride flag, which the Department deemed as “a symbol of the diversity and intersectionality of LGBTQI+ persons and communities around the world.”

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, and the Jeff Anderson, the President of glifaa, which is the officially recognized affinity group for LGBTQ State Department employees, were all on hand and assisted raising the flag right underneath a larger American flag.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a tweet, “I’m truly honored to serve as Secretary during this historic moment.”

“Although many of our embassies and consulates have displayed the Pride and Progress flags overseas, today is the first time a flag recognizing the LGBTQI+ community will fly over State Department headquarters,” Sherman said in remarks delivered at the flag-raising ceremony in front of the headquarters, the Harry S. Truman building.

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