The rainbow Pride flag cannot be flown outside U.S. government buildings, including consulates, without top-level approval. But no one said anything about draping one over a building, which is exactly what the U.S. consulate general office in Toronto has done.

Andree Lau / HuffPost Canada The Pride flag is draped over the U.S. consulate general building in Toronto.

U.S. President Donald Trump mandated that diplomats must obtain approval from the State Department to fly a rainbow Pride flag. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence confirmed to NBC that the Trump administration rejected requests by U.S. embassies, including in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia, to fly the flag on their official flagpoles to mark Pride Month. But the U.S. consulate in Toronto features a large Pride flag draped down the side of the building for the sixth consecutive year, a fact it proudly showed off on Twitter.

For the 6th year, we are proudly raising this beautiful Pride Flag at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto to mark June as #PrideMonth! @usconstoronto will also march in the @PrideToronto parade to honor #Stonewall50 — one of the landmark moments in the fight for #LGBTQ rights. #PrideTOpic.twitter.com/A2DtyvNcQz — US Consulate Toronto🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@usconstoronto) June 5, 2019

John Manzo is a sociology professor at the University of Calgary. As an immigrant from the U.S., he says he’s happy to see the Pride flag on the building. “I’m incredibly proud of the U.S. consulate in Toronto for doing this,” he told HuffPost Canada. “We as queer Americans and as queer Canadians need to see that sort of support, especially when we feel like we’ve been abandoned by Trump.” And people are loving the non-flying, totally compliant move.

Big pride flag on US consulate in Toronto. Draped on building and not on flagpole, so technically not in violation of Trump administration’s inane ban. pic.twitter.com/uU92zboA89 — Joseph Galarneau 🛠💭 (@jdgalarneau) June 16, 2019