US Embassy lights up in solidarity with LGBT community

June 13, 2016 22:57

The US Embassy here today lit up its building with rainbow colours to show solidarity towards the LGBT community in the wake of an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando which left 50 dead.

The embassy will also raise the rainbow flag along with the American flag following the mourning period for the victims of the Orlando attack.

"The US stands firmly by the principles of equality for all, including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. It is in this spirit, and in celebration of June's LGBTI Pride month, that the US Embassy is lighting the Embassy building in the iconic colours of the LGBTI movement," said Michael Pelletier, Charges d' Affaires at the US Embassy here in a statement.

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