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Watch live: Blinken delivers remarks at State Department Pride event

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 13, 2023. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call Wednesday, June 14, 2023 ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday evening is slated to deliver remarks at a reception to honor Pride Month at the State Department.

According to a report released by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the LGBTQ rights group GLAAD, there were at least 356 anti-LGBTQ extremist and nonextremist incidents between June 2022 and April 2023 across 46 states.

The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET.

Watch the live video above.