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The Long, Futile Search for President Trump’s LGBT Pride

Hostile Silence

Two years ago, the Obama White House was lit in rainbow colors to celebrate marriage equality. Tellingly, the Trump White House has yet to acknowledge LGBT Pride Month.

Samantha Allen
Samantha Allen
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At a campaign rally last October, a grinning Donald Trump held up a rainbow Pride flag with “LGBTs for Trump” written across the yellow stripe.

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