The claim: Global News reported Marines can wear LBGTQ+ pin on uniform

As Pride Month draws to a close, some social media posts are claiming the Marine Corps recently announced a policy to give service members a new means of self-expression. 

“U.S. Marines now able to wear LGBTQ+ pin on uniform,” reads a June 24 Facebook post that purports to show a headline from Canada-based outlet Global News.

The claim was shared more than 350 times in six days and surfaced in other social media posts as well.

But no such article exists. The reporter identified in the screenshot said she didn't write any such story, and an Instagram user with the same username as the Facebook poster acknowledged the article screenshot was fabricated.

There's also no evidence the Marine Corps has updated its policy to allow such pins.

USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for comment.

Reporter says no such article was written

Though the Facebook post features a screenshot purporting to be that of a June 22 Global News article, no such story came up in a USA TODAY search of the outlet's website or the reporter's author page. 

Kathryn Mannie, the reporter whom the post identified as the author of the article, said in a June 28 email she did not write it and that the outlet was working to get the content removed.

The Instagram account notinregz posted a screenshot of the June 24 Facebook post on June 29 saying, "I made this fake article and everyone got baited."

Mannie did write an article about the Marines earlier in the month that appears to be the basis of the altered headline in the post. The June 2 story has the same byline and timestamp as the one seen on the Facebook post, though its headline and date were altered.