{"id":170017,"date":"2020-10-12T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=170017"},"modified":"2020-10-10T10:35:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T09:35:46","slug":"proud-boys-hashtag-gets-hijacked-by-lgbt-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/10\/proud-boys-hashtag-gets-hijacked-by-lgbt-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud Boys Hashtag Gets Hijacked by LGBT+ Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>The Proud Boys hashtag has been reclaimed by the LGBT+ community to drown out the racism and flood the internet with images of beautiful, queer love.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_170018\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/proud-boys-lgbt-gay.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-170018\" class=\"wp-image-170018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/proud-boys-lgbt-gay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/proud-boys-lgbt-gay.png 710w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/proud-boys-lgbt-gay-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-170018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Proud Boys hashtag got a brand new meaning (Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>4 Oct 2020 &#8211; <\/em>The far-right \u2018white supremacist\u2019 group gained an unfortunate publicity boost earlier this week when Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2020\/09\/30\/donald-trump-joe-biden-presidential-debate-questions-lgbt-white-supremacy-proud-boys\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused to denounce them<\/a> on the debate stage with Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStand back and stand by,\u201d was the best he could muster. The Proud Boys gleefully accepted the \u201cshout out\u201d which they interpreted as the president\u2019s endorsement, and within the hour they had added his ambiguous instruction to their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeraMBergen\/status\/1311138732607778816\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new logo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Gay Twitter wasn\u2019t about to let that publicity go to waste. <em>Star Trek<\/em> legend George Takei, ever keen for an opportunity to troll Trump, stepped in with a brilliant idea to remind the Proud Boys of the true meaning of Pride.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI wonder if the BTS and TikTok kids can help LGBTs with this,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1311791729767526400\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he tweeted<\/a>. \u201cWhat if gay guys took pictures of themselves making out with each other or doing very gay things, then tagged themselves with <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#ProudBoys<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. I bet it would mess them up real bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes it would.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a trend that is undoubtedly infuriating the all-male hate group, anyone attempting to search for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ProudBoys&amp;src=trend_click&amp;vertical=trends\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ProudBoys<\/a> will be met with a kaleidoscope of rainbow flags, gay icons, same-sex weddings and general LGBT+ love and affection.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of our favourites.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/pongosapien\/status\/1312685665079959554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1312685665079959554%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinknews.co.uk%2F2020%2F10%2F04%2Fproud-boys-hashtag-hijacked-lgbt-community-donald-trump-hate-group-queer-love%2F<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reclaiming the hashtag <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ProudBoys<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyeTIvftiy\" >pic.twitter.com\/OyeTIvftiy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Turn Texas Blue (@Blue_Texas2022) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blue_Texas2022\/status\/1312541621460832257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ProudBoys<\/a> hashtag has been hijacked by gay men and it\u2019s amazing. \ud83e\udd23\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGComedy\/status\/1312618427261960192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get em while they&#39;re \ud83d\udd25<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ProudBoys<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ScVdzfkpS5\" >pic.twitter.com\/ScVdzfkpS5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jonjafan2 (@jonjafan2) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonjafan2\/status\/1312632220201496576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ProudBoys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credit: London Zoo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObKOm5FBtB\" >pic.twitter.com\/ObKOm5FBtB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; P\u2665\ufe0fddingteilchen (@petzpansen) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petzpansen\/status\/1312698168988127233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1601959870966805266=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We grew up in a time when gay men had no rights, when newspapers called us poofs, when police didn\u2019t investigate when we were murdered.<br \/>\nSo now we hold hands in the street, kiss in public and got engaged on top of a fucking mountain in Rio. Because we\u2019re the real <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#ProudBoys<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u8w2S0EqLJ\" >pic.twitter.com\/u8w2S0EqLJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Strudwick (@PatrickStrud) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickStrud\/status\/1312717544340574208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >October 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2020\/10\/04\/proud-boys-hashtag-hijacked-lgbt-community-donald-trump-hate-group-queer-love\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; pinknews.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Oct 2020 &#8211; The Proud Boys hashtag has been reclaimed by the LGBT+ community to drown out the racism and flood the internet with images of beautiful, queer love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":170018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1368,867,392,1145,267,2049,1144,594,959,103,1639,249,70,498],"class_list":["post-170017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anglo-america","tag-alt-right","tag-anglo-america","tag-elections","tag-gay-rights","tag-geopolitics","tag-homophobia","tag-homosexuality","tag-lgbtqi","tag-neo-nazis","tag-racism","tag-right-politics","tag-trump","tag-usa","tag-white-supremacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}