Navy Posts and Then Quietly Deletes LGBT-Themed Images on Social Media

The U.S. Navy’s Twitter briefly went through an LGBT-themed makeover, before the military branch reversed course and removed the imagery.
On Thursday, the Navy’s official Twitter account included a special LGBT-themed banner showing two U.S. warships and an F-18 fighter jet leaving the colors of the rainbow flag in their wake. The icon of an eagle, shield, and anchor that the Navy has used in its Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook profile pictures was also modified on Thursday, with the eagle’s feather’s changed to match the rainbow flag colors.
The timing of the Navy’s social media profile settings coincided with the start of June, which is officially recognized as LGBT Pride Month. But by Friday, the LGBT-themed imagery had disappeared from the Navy’s social media accounts….

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