District of Columbia Capital Pride board member resigns, takes role as Trump's acting Secretary of Labor
Vince Micone asserts 'DEIA programs resulted in shameful discrimination'
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The Washington Blade - Lou Chibbaro Jr.
Published on January 24, 2025

On his first day in office President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 named Vince Micone, who's gay, as Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Micone, who has worked in high-level positions in federal government agencies for at least 30 years, has served on the board of directors of D.C.'s Capital Pride Alliance, which organizes most of D.C.'s LGBTQ Pride events, for 15 years. But Micone resigned from the board this week ...

Micone's appointment as acting Secretary of Labor became Trump's second appointment of an out gay man to a U.S. Cabinet position. In November, shortly after his election as president, Trump nominated gay hedge fund executive Scott Bessent to be U.S. Treasury Secretary.

On Thursday, Micone sent an email to all Labor Department staffers informing them that, "We are taking steps to close all agency [Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility] offices and end all DEIA-related contracts in accordance with President Trump's Executive Orders ... These programs divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination."

The email, which bears Micone's name and title, goes on to threaten any department employees who "disguise these programs by using coded or imprecise language."

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