Diplomats will take part in parades and some embassies will fly the rainbow flag along with the Stars and Stripes. With gay pride parades taking place in many cities across the world this weekend, the U.S. And sometimes it can seem to backfire, increasing the pressure on those it is meant to help. advice and encouragement is condemned as unacceptable meddling. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country. President Barack Obama has taken the U.S.
