US Ambassador James (Wally) Brewster has constantly been in the media spotlight for his gay activism in the Dominican Republic, observes El Dia today, Monday 16 June.
El Dia comments that when Brewster, a leading US gay activist, was appointed, charge d’affaires Daniel Foote stated that Brewster was coming to the Dominican Republic as a US ambassador, not a gay activist.
El Dia reports, nevertheless, that the US ambassador is controversial for using the US Embassy platform to promote gay equality. A six-minute video posted on the US Embassy website this month promotes the celebration of gay pride month in June, a first for the US Embassy. Brewster said in the video that he and his husband Bob Satawake speak for the promotion of universal human rights through inclusion and equality.
The US Embassy and Consulate opens at its new location at Av. Republica de Colombia in northern Santo Domingo today, Monday 16 June. US Vice President Joe Biden is expected on Wednesday, 18 June for the formal dedication of the new US mission compound. He is scheduled to return to the US on the 19th.
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