‘Pride Month” celebrations, common throughout much of the U.S., now have a global footprint as well. U.S. embassies in Kosovo, Montevideo, and even Vatican City have flown Pride flags this month. Going beyond mere symbolic action, the State Department has decided to add a vernacular element. On May 17, a U.S.-embassy official in Brazil delivered a public-service announcement about the importance of gender-neutral pronouns. The Biden administration believes that foreign nations need to adapt, adopt, or assemble gender-nonconforming pronouns to “modernize” their centuries-old languages — make them more inclusive and equitable.
Lecturing a country and culture about the deficiencies of its language represents a Biden foreign policy mixed with 21st-century cultural imperialism. In April, to promote LGBTQ rights, Ambassador Rahm Emanuel attempted to subvert the democratic process in Japan. His transgression followed USAID’s establishment of the Rainbow Fund to cultivate indigenous LGBTQ activists and leadership throughout the world.
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