{"id":77179,"date":"2025-02-13T13:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/02\/13\/lgbtq-pride-flags-banned-at-va-facilities-under-new-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:25:27","slug":"lgbtq-pride-flags-banned-at-va-facilities-under-new-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2025\/02\/13\/lgbtq-pride-flags-banned-at-va-facilities-under-new-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ Pride flags banned at VA facilities under new policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials this week unveiled new rules<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/06\/07\/pride-flags-at-va-campuses-irk-republican-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\"> banning LGBTQ Pride flags<\/a> and other unofficial banners at department offices and spaces, saying the move will bring \u201cconsistency\u201d to agency messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a memo released late Wednesday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/02\/12\/va-secretary-tapped-to-temporarily-lead-2-federal-oversight-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA Secretary Doug Collins<\/a> said the new policy would limit the display of all flags except for the American flag at all VA facilities. Exceptions include the display of state flags, military service flags, U.S. agency flags and the POW\/MIA flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guidance applied to \u201cpublic displays or depictions of flags by VA employees in all VA facilities, workplaces, buildings, common areas and public areas,\u201d to include personal cubicles, government vehicles and any space \u201cin public or plain view.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/02\/11\/dod-issues-new-rules-limiting-care-enlistement-for-transgender-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5547598.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DOD issues new rules limiting care, enlistment for transgender troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Secretary Hegseth issued a memo to block transgender people from enlisting and cut off gender-related medical care for those who already serve.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins\u2019 order specifically rescinds past VA directives allowing the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag during Pride Month, traditionally observed in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis policy will bring consistency and simplicity to the display of flags throughout the department, which I expect to have a singular focus: serving the needs of veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors,\u201d Collins wrote in the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy does not apply to veterans gravesites or museum pieces, or historical and education displays operated by the department. The rules state that such flags will be allowed \u201cwhere the display or depiction cannot reasonably be viewed as an endorsement of the flag by the department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy mirrors flag rules already in place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/04\/pentagons-ban-on-pride-and-nearly-all-other-flags-is-staying\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Defense.<\/a> The Confederate flag and flags of foreign countries are also banned from display in offices under the order as written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, a separate National Cemetery Administration directive still in place does allow \u201cflags of the former Confederate States of America\u201d to be placed on gravesites and displayed at VA cemeteries in states that recognize a Confederate Memorial Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican lawmakers in recent years have unsuccessfully tried to prohibit VA officials from allowing LGBTQ Pride flags to be flown at department buildings, calling it political posturing that could discourage some veterans from seeking care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Made some changes to simplify the flag display policy across the department, which now has a singular focus: serving the needs of Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVaniPFd1a\">pic.twitter.com\/fVaniPFd1a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecVetAffairs\/status\/1889813054290010200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA 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