{"id":54330,"date":"2017-06-29T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/thursdaythoughts-why-did-the-white-house-contact-a-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-during-pride-month\/"},"modified":"2017-06-29T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:00:51","slug":"thursdaythoughts-why-did-the-white-house-contact-a-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-during-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/thursdaythoughts-why-did-the-white-house-contact-a-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-during-pride-month\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThursdayThoughts: Why did the White House contact a fringe alt-right LGBTQ group during Pride Month?"},"content":{"rendered":"

#ThursdayThoughts: Why did the White House contact a fringe alt-right LGBTQ group during Pride Month?<\/b><\/p>\n

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Co-Founder<\/em><\/a> of Deplorable Pride<\/em>: \u201cI was told: \u2018The president is going to want to see this.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013<\/strong> GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today voiced concern over the report by the North Carolina-based newspaper The News & Observer<\/em><\/a> that the White House Office of Political Affairs proactively contacted conservative LGBTQ organization Deplorable Pride, which was previously banned from participating in Charlotte\u2019s LGBTQ Pride Parade<\/a>. The group is led by Brian Talbert, who has used or promoted inflammatory language against Muslims, women<\/a>, and even the LGBTQ community itself.<\/p>\n

The White House has chosen to stay silent and refuse to recognize LGBTQ Pride Month. By instead contacting Deplorable Pride, the Office of Political Affairs has further shown how completely tone deaf this administration is to the inclusive umbrella of the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n

The News & Observer <\/em>report caps off what has been (so far) complete silence<\/a> by the White House in recognizing June as National LGBTQ Pride Month. The White House has, however, issued proclamations on \u201cGreat Outdoors Month,\u201d \u201cNational Ocean Month,\u201d and \u201cNational Homeownership Month.\u201d Further, President Trump\u2019s silence highlights his administration\u2019s agenda of systematically erasing LGBTQ Americans<\/a> from the fabric of this nation. Whether it\u2019s filling his administration with long-time anti-LGBTQ activists or erasing LGBTQ Americans from government websites<\/a>, federal surveys<\/a>, and even the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census<\/a>, the Trump Administration has proven itself to be anything but an ally to the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n

GLAAD urges media to question The White House on the about why they chose to contact Deplorable Pride and have remained completely silent on LGBTQ Pride Month.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Brian Talbert, Co-Founder of Deplorable Pride<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n