Mike Pence's neighbours are trolling him by flying Pride flags

Infamously anti-LGBT vice-president-elect Mike Pence is being welcomed to his new home with a sea of Pride flags, hung up by neighbours who oppose his history of homophobia.

The Republican Governor of Indiana, who reportedly advocated gay conversion therapy, has moved into temporary accommodation in Washington DC, before moving into official accommodation when he becomes Vice-President next year.

Pence’s rise to power has been met with fear from the LGBT+ community after showing support for a number of anti-equality policies, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which allows Indiana businesses to discriminate against LGBT+ people on religious grounds, which the 77-year-old signed the bill into law as governor of the state in 2015.

Isle Heintzen, one of Pence’s new neighbours, explained to TV station WJLA that flying the Pride flag was her was of protesting against Pence’s discriminatory stance. “We do have, obviously, disagreements. And this [is] one way that I can show my disagreement,” she explained.

She added: “I have no idea what he will think about it,but I hope that he will change his mind.”

Meanwhile, a lawmaker from New York proposed a bill to outlaw conversion therapy, entitled the Prevention of Emotional Neglect and Childhood Endangerment law – aka the P.E.N.C.E. law.

Check out the photos below:

https://twitter.com/ReportUK/status/804629053835767808

Residents on NW Washington Street where VP Elect Pence is renting a house are sending him a symbolic message. More residents may hang flags pic.twitter.com/fldYsMoP6i

— Suzanne Kennedy (@suzanekennedyPR) November 30, 2016

#Pride flags sending message to @mike_pence outside temporary #DC home. Neighbors say more are coming. @NewsChannel8 @ABC7News #LGBTQ #LGBT pic.twitter.com/a2bfKfJ0yL

— Tim Barber (@TimBarberUSCP) December 1, 2016

Mike Pence’s neighbours are trolling him by flying Pride flags

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