{"id":15700,"date":"2020-10-04T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T09:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/?p=15700"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:05:04","slug":"glitter-love-rainbows-true-proudboys-recapture-hashtag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/glitter-love-rainbows-true-proudboys-recapture-hashtag\/","title":{"rendered":"Glitter, love &#038; rainbows: True #ProudBoys recapture Hashtag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the first presidential debate, everyone has been talking about the Proud Boys, a US neo-Nazi group, thanks to Trump. The queer community did not want to offer racism a platform &#8211; and flooded the hashtag with real proud boys, kisses, bright colours and lots of love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udeabNazis<\/p>\n<p>Gay Couple Married By Ruth Bader Ginsburg &#8211; Those are very lucky <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj9swkF1Gs\">pic.twitter.com\/Lj9swkF1Gs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sabrina McDaniel (@Sabrina_McDa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sabrina_McDa\/status\/1312835415427223555?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><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The idea gained wide coverage thanks to the popularity of Star Trek legend George Takei, who has never missed an opportunity to annoy Trump. After his presidential debate with challenger Joe Biden, the extreme right-wing Proud Boys, a racist &#8220;White Supremacist&#8221; group, were on everyone&#8217;s lips. This attention &#8211; difficult for Takei to bear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wonder if the BTS and TikTok kids can help LGBTs with this. What if gay guys took pictures of themselves making out with each other or doing very gay things, then tagged themselves with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a>. I bet it would mess them up real bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReclaimingMyShine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReclaimingMyShine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1311791729767526400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Racism: Donald Trump loses important voters<\/h2>\n<p>Donald Trump had refused to distance himself from the racist group on the debate stage. He only expressed the much criticised request &#8220;Stay back and stand by&#8221;. The group celebrated his comment, which was interpreted as an &#8220;march order&#8221;, incorporated the quote into their logo within an hour and began selling merchandise with it. Two of the largest internet warehouses have since blocked these items.<\/p>\n<p>Trump may regret his comment now: In the &#8220;Swing State&#8221; Florida, a fiercely contested state between the two rivals, his comment might have cost him important votes from the black community, according to initial polls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Twitter: Gay love instead of racism<\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> gibt es nur eine Art von. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q20nngsfZg\">pic.twitter.com\/Q20nngsfZg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MarcusW\u00e4chtler (@MarcusWaechtler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcusWaechtler\/status\/1312798222356819968?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><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The community and its allies loved Takei&#8217;s idea &#8211; and delivered!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for the name of the group, you&#8217;ll have to put up with a lot of gay kisses first. Unfortunately: In Instagram, the hashtag, like the group itself, is blocked. But here are some of the best #ProudBoys posts on Twitter:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brad and I are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a>, legally married for 12 years now. And we\u2019re proud of all of the gay folks who have stepped up to reclaim our pride in this campaign. Our community and allies answered hate with love, and what could be better than that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRtSH1ijQ8\">pic.twitter.com\/GRtSH1ijQ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1312862448706351113?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><\/div>\n<p>George Takei posted a picture of himself and his husband, happily married for twelve years<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning America!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ruu5vdRAt\">pic.twitter.com\/3ruu5vdRAt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr Gr\u00e1inne McEntee (@pongosapien) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pongosapien\/status\/1312685665079959554?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><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> to be proud of \ud83d\udc95 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7WyArvQVz\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7WyArvQVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sarah (@SarahVi0laa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahVi0laa\/status\/1312670957971156997?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><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Der Hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> wird gerade von der <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBTIQ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGBTIQ<\/a>-Community gekapert! <\/p>\n<p>Meine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a>: Die queeren K\u00e4mpfer der YPG in Syrien. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1b2c52a3IW\">pic.twitter.com\/1b2c52a3IW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Bonvalot (@MichaelBonvalot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelBonvalot\/status\/1312846055877365760?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><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The love of my life, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrPeteAndrew?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MrPeteAndrew<\/a>, and I are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/proudboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#proudboys<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxl6SyZmHN\">pic.twitter.com\/zxl6SyZmHN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorvolsky\/status\/1312919112516075520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me and my husband on our wedding day being <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NOEbyDZdd5\">pic.twitter.com\/NOEbyDZdd5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Malkin (@NickTMAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickTMAZ\/status\/1313004199987179520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reclaiming the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyeTIvftiy\">pic.twitter.com\/OyeTIvftiy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TURN TEXAS BLUE (@Blue_Texas2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blue_Texas2020\/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><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud to have served in the gayest branch of the military. This is nothing new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svoQvKCEvj\">pic.twitter.com\/svoQvKCEvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JWB (@JimB0438) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimB0438\/status\/1312666963278262273?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><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To all the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> out there, you have an ally here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mv8nGNpxcE\">pic.twitter.com\/mv8nGNpxcE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eduardo E. (@EEscovar23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EEscovar23\/status\/1312895696182411265?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><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/proudboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#proudboys<\/a> Going strong since 2000.  My husband and lil&#39; Edward and myself living large in Daytona Beach. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJ1O5qA9yt\">pic.twitter.com\/JJ1O5qA9yt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gregory Sheridan (@GregorySherida7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregorySherida7\/status\/1313037374444785664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Loving life with my partner of 27 years. We are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YL3ZOhTLfX\">pic.twitter.com\/YL3ZOhTLfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Arbuckle (@arb573164773686) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arb573164773686\/status\/1312919437264130048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My fellow gays doing god\u2019s work over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudBoys<\/a> hashtag, so it would be remiss of me not to pitch in with some images of this absolute KING\/QUEEN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KWVUkengNp\">pic.twitter.com\/KWVUkengNp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 Max \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@SpillerOfTea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpillerOfTea\/status\/1312674845713408000?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><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the first presidential debate, everyone has been talking about the Proud Boys, a US neo-Nazi group, thanks to Trump. The queer community did not want to offer racism a platform &#8211; and flooded the hashtag with real proud boys, kisses, bright colours and lots of love. <a href=\"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/glitter-love-rainbows-true-proudboys-recapture-hashtag\/\"><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"showAllLink\">more&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":""},"categories":[1,7,22,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15700"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15873,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15700\/revisions\/15873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}