Vice President-elect Mike Pence's new neighbours have let their feelings about him be known by adorning their houses with rainbow flags which are the traditional symbol of Gay Pride and the fight for equal rights for LGBT people.

In the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the brightly-coloured flags are flying.

People have tweeted pictures of houses in the area Mr Pence is renting a $6,000-a-month home.

Ilse Heintzen lives on the same block and has spoken about why people are flying the flag.

She told ABC 7 the decorations were “a respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of his thinking".