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  • 2021-06-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Trump Officially Recognize Pride Month During His Presidency? (en)
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  • On June 1, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation in recognition of the LGBTQ community for Pride Month. When outlets such as The Independent reported this news, they noted that Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, issued no such proclamations during his tenure in office: It's true that Trump never issued a presidential proclamation in recognition of Pride Month. We searched the National Archives database of proclamations, as well as the Trump White House archives, and found no proclamations issued in honor of Pride Month. In June 2020, NBC News reported that Trump had issued proclamations designating June as National Homeownership Month, Great Outdoors Month, and Caribbean-American Heritage Month, but never as Pride Month. While Trump never issued an official proclamation for Pride Month, he was the first sitting Republican president to publicly recognize Pride Month, albeit in a less official manner. In May 2019, Trump posted a series of tweets to celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation. These tweets are no longer available online, as Trump was kicked off of the social media platform in early 2021 amid fears that he would incite further violence after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An archived version of the tweets is available and the text is reproduced below: This message was also released as a statement from the White House. Although Trump was the first Republican president to recognize Pride Month in this tweet, contemporaneous news articles noted that this message was posted even as Trump's administration worked to rescind federal protections from transgender individuals: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was the first president to issue a proclamation for Pride Month. On June 11, 1999, Clinton issued Proclamation 7203: Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, which read: Clinton's successor, George W. Bush, did not officially recognize Pride Month during his tenure in office. Annual presidential proclamations for Pride Month resumed in 2009 with the election of President Barack Obama. (en)
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