Canada, Europeans and Brazil, not US, issue statement backing LGBT rights


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  • Sunday, 29 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: A person attends the annual Pride parade in Dublin, Ireland, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The foreign ministries of Canada, Australia, Brazil and a host of European countries issued a statement on Saturday celebrating LGBT rights to coincide with Pride Day.

The United States, which has moved rapidly to dismantle civil rights protections since the election of President Donald Trump, was not among its signatories.

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