Leaked Memo Unveils Vance’s Anti-LGBTQ Crusade

The Washington Post reports:

Armed with a questionnaire on hot-button social issues about gay and lesbian rights, gender transition care and hiring practices related to diversity, equity and inclusion, Vance (R-Ohio) held up for more than a year the nominations of dozens of diplomats assigned to serve in posts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

A copy of Vance’s questionnaire, obtained by The Washington Post and published here for the first time, asked would-be ambassadors if they would increase the number of “gender-neutral bathrooms” in U.S. embassies, boost resources for “gender dysphoria and gender transition care” and raise the “Progress flag” during “regional Pride celebrations.”

None of the nominees whom Vance held up drew his ire like Stephanie S. Sullivan, a career diplomat chosen to be Biden’s envoy to the African Union. Vance accused Sullivan, the former ambassador to Ghana who had overseen an embassy that flew the Pride flag, of being “woke” and promoting a “progressive social policy” on gender identity.

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SCOOP: Leaked document shows J.D. Vance’s effort to rid ‘wokeness’ from U.S. foreign policy

The Ohio senator froze dozens of ambassador nominations over issues like gender transition care and diversity hiring in a “anti-woke” questionnaire obtained by The Post. pic.twitter.com/br5MNebxlW

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) July 19, 2024