Secretary of State Mark Rubio issued a One Flag Policy on Tuesday this week, which will allow three flags to be flown at U.S. outposts: the U.S. flag, the POW/MIA flag, and the Hostages and Wrongful Detainees flag, the rightwing Free Beacon reports.Starting immediately, only the United States of America flag is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content, the order states, according to the Free Beacon. The flag of the United States of America united all Americans under the universal principles of justice, liberty, and democracy. These values, which are the bedrock of our great country, are shared by all American citizens, past and present. Related Marco Rubio files transgender military ban bill He says its even more strict than Donald Trumps trans military ban. Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) celebrated the ban. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Im not tired of winning!! she posted to X, a reference to Donald Trumps 2016 promise that were going to win so much, youre going to be so sick and tired of winning. Im not tired of winning!! https://t.co/vjxTVlkpZN Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) January 22, 2025Rainbow flags flying at embassies has been a point of contention for years between Republican and Democratic administrations, with Democrats arguing that the U.S. has a duty to promote human rights abroad while Republicans oppose considering LGBTQ+ peoples rights human rights. In 2023, House Republicans proposed a bill to ban rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter banners at embassies, with Rep. Greene calling such symbols Hate America flags in a statement.President Bidens State Department has already raised a flag over our embassies that doesnt represent the vast majority of Americans, she said. Her statement went on to say that BLM is a radical Marxist group and domestic terrorists who want to bring mass destruction to our country through Communism. During Trumps first term, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, toremove a rainbow Pride flag and BLM bannerfrom the exterior of its chancery. The embassy said it had hung the BLM flag to show solidarity and support for the fight against racial injustice and police brutality as we strive to be a more inclusive & just society.In June 2019, Trumps State Departmentforbade at least four requestsfrom U.S. embassies worldwide seeking to fly the rainbow flag during Pride month. But embassies defied Trump andflew Pride flags without permissionanyway. Vice President Mike Pence laterdefended the administrations ban, saying that only American flags should fly outside embassies.The administration of President Joe Bidenreversed Trumps ban on rainbow flags at embassies. Bidens Secretary of State Antony Blinken told American embassies and diplomatic missions that they can fly the Pride flag again as well as other symbols connoting support for LGBTQ rights based on what is appropriate in light of local conditions. During his January 2021 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken said that he wouldenact policies that would allow American embassies to support and protect LGBTQ+ rights around the worldby flying the rainbow flag.Weve seen violence directed against LGBTQI people around the world increase, Blinken told the committee. Weve seen, I believe, the highest number of murders of transgender people, particularly women of color, that weve seen ever and so I think the United States playing the role that it should be playing in standing up for and defending the rights of LGBTQI people is something that the Department is going to take on and take on immediately.Rubio has long been an opponent of equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, supporting a ban on same-sex couples adopting in his state of Florida and opposing the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ people at the federal level, in the Senate. In early 2023, he got a U.S. Air Force base tocancel a Drag Queen Story Hour eventthat was scheduled for the bases library in honor of Pride Month.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.