So while they have no official presence on the social media platform, the re-emerged gleefully after. "I wonder if the BTS and TikTok kids can help LGBTs with this," Takei wrote. The Proud Boys were banned by Twitter in 2018 due to allegations of toxic and abusive language. (Over the summer, K-Pop Twitter successfully supported the Black Lives Matter movement online by obstructing a ton of racist hashtags.)
While NowThis News reports that it's hard to pinpoint exactly where the queer reclamation of #ProudBoys started, out Star Trek legend George Takei tweeted last Thursday that it would be cool if LGBTQ+ Twitter could follow in the same footsteps as online K-Pop fandoms when it comes to a successful social media blitz. Over the weekend, LGBTQ+ users on Twitter decided it was not going to let the hate group suck up any more of the air out of the room than they already have, and in an effort to reclaim the "proud boys" phrase and replace hate and intolerance with love and pride, Gay Twitter took over the #ProudBoys hashtag, flooding it with images of out and proud gay men (a lot of couples!) living their best and most authentic lives! Staff reports A hashtag used by the far-right fascist group, Proud Boys has been hijacked by the gay men to the delight of thousands of people on social media. “At a certain point, they are going to have to take yes for an answer.A mention from Donald Trump during last week's first Presidential Debate may have emboldened the Proud Boys (remember the now-infamous "stand back and stand by" shoutout?), but Gay Twitter is rightfully not letting the far-right, men-only political group with affiliations to white supremacy ( an organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as a hate group) take up any more online space. But on Sunday, Volsky, who is gay, joined a flood of Twitter users who began co-opting the 'ProudBoys' hashtag to show off images of LGBTQ pride, pushing posts made by neo-Nazis and white. 29, the gay community decided to take over the hashtag. “The media keeps asking him to denounce white supremacy, and he keeps doing it,” Murtaugh told FOX News. After President Donald Trump declined to disavow the far-right Proud Boys, a known hate group, during the first presidential debate on Sept. Trump campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh, in an interview with FOX News, said that the president has “repeatedly, over the course of years now, denounced white supremacists and has been consistent in doing that.” 29 that the president has “continuously denounced” white supremacists, including during the first presidential debate, when they said he did so “twice.” According to the Proud Boys Manifesto, The 10 ways are: Abolish Prisons because there are too many human beings in cages. (CNN) The Proud Boys hashtag, which members of the far-right group have been using, was trending Sunday after gay men on Twitter hijacked it and flooded the. Gay Twitter users attempted to seize the spotlight from them, much to their dislike. The Trump campaign told FOX News on Sept. The Proud Boys, a far-right hate group, are enjoying increased attention thanks to President Trump. And we’re proud of all of the gay folks who have stepped up to reclaim our pride in this. A channel on Telegram, an instant messaging service, with more than 5,000 of the group’s members posted “Stand Back” and “Stand By” above and below the group’s logo. WATCH: 'Proud Boys' Twitter hashtag flooded with images of LGBTQ2 pride, couples.
Proud Boys leaders and supporters later celebrated the president’s words on social media. Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate the recent protests that have rocked the nation.