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# MI6 flies trans flag for the first time
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mi6-flies-trans-flag-for-the-first-time/
- Published: 2021-04-06T08:30:49.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-06T06:58:21.000Z
- Description: The MI6 headquarters in London was seen flying the transgender flag for the first time.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, LGBTQ, LGBTQ History Month, London, MI6, Trans, Trans Day of Visibility, UK

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/trans-flags-mi6-600-400.jpg)

The MI6 headquarters in **Vauxhall Cross, London**, was seen flying the transgender flag for the first time in a move to promote LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the secret service. MI6 head **Richard Moore** displayed the flag to mark the **Trans Day of Visibility** (**March 31**), and [tweeted](https://twitter.com/ChiefMI6/status/1377234763782688771?ref=scenemag.co.uk) a message of support for the trans community to commemorate the occasion: *“We’re proud of our trans and non-binary colleagues and committed to providing an inclusive workplace where you can be your true self.”*

Moore said that *“diversity makes us more effective, inclusion makes us stronger”*, and hopes more LGBTQ+ people will be encouraged to join MI6\. The display of support for the trans community came after Moore [issued a statement](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mi6-chief-apologises-for-lgbtq-staff-ban/) during **LGBTQ+ History Month** (February), apologising for historic discrimination against queer spies who were previously banned from serving in MI6.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/richard-moore-mi6-600-400.jpg)

Richard Moore

Moore thanked former and contemporary LGBTQ+ MI6 workers, saying: *“I pay tribute to the extraordinary resilience and loyalty to service and country of LGBTQ+ colleagues past and present, who educated their workmates and fought for change. As well as apologising, I am thanking current and former LGBTQ+ colleagues, for the contribution they have made, and continue to make, to MI6, and to our country.”*