{"id":16111,"date":"2020-10-06T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2020-10-06T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:23:58","slug":"proud-boys-far-right-group-becomes-lgbt-trend-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/proud-boys-far-right-group-becomes-lgbt-trend-online\/","title":{"rendered":"PROUD BOYS: FAR-RIGHT GROUP BECOMES LGBT TREND ONLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>5 October 2020 (bbc.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/181FF\/production\/_114751889_hi063605312.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the far-right group Proud Boys attend a rally in Portland, Oregon, U.S. September 26, 2020\"\/><figcaption>Image captionThe Proud Boys have denied being a homophobic organisation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the LGBT community have been making #ProudBoys trend on social media by posting images of gay pride and pictures of themselves with loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trend is part of efforts to drown out posts and content related to a far-right, anti-immigrant group of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actors, artists and the Canadian armed forces are among those who have shared supportive pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Proud Boys group has denied being a homophobic organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of last week, the term #ProudBoys has been tweeted more than 88,000 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of them have been posted since 1 October. That day, former Star Trek actor and LGBT rights activist George Takei suggested on Twitter that \u201cgay guys\u201d should use the hashtag to share pictures of themselves \u201cmaking out with each other or doing very gay things.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-54380656#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1311791729767526400\">Skip Twitter post by @GeorgeTakei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1311791729767526400&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-54380656&amp;siteScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>End of Twitter post by @GeorgeTakei<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His tweet also referred to a similar campaign by Korean pop music (K-pop) fans, launched earlier this year. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-52922035\">Twitter users flooded social media with pictures of Korean musicians<\/a>&nbsp;with the hashtags #WhiteLivesMatter and #AllLivesMatter \u2013 tags which have been used online by people critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other participants of the latest #ProudBoys trend have included Bobby Berk, a host of the Netflix show Queer Eye.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-54380656#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bobbyberk\/status\/1312806632607285248\">Skip Twitter post by @bobbyberk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312806632607285248&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-54380656&amp;siteScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>End of Twitter post by @bobbyberk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s armed forces have also shared a picture of two men kissing, which has been shared over 27,000 times.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-54380656#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/CAFinUS\/status\/1312734325104873473\">Skip Twitter post by @CAFinUS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312734325104873473&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-54380656&amp;siteScreenName=BBCWorld&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>End of Twitter post by @CAFinUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the Proud Boys group, told US broadcaster CNN he is not sure what social media users are trying to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s hysterical,\u201d said Mr Tarrio. \u201cThis isn\u2019t something that\u2019s offensive to us. It\u2019s not an insult. We aren\u2019t homophobic. We don\u2019t care who people sleep with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the messages they want to send with this is that they\u2019re trying to drown out our supporters, they\u2019re trying to silence us,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to drown out other people\u2019s thoughts, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything progressive about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2016 by Canadian-British right-wing activist Gavin McInnes, the Proud Boys is a far-right, anti-immigrant, all-male group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not exclusively white, they have became notorious for violent confrontations against left-wing rival groups. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have all banned the Proud Boys from their platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump drew criticism last week after comments about the group during a presidential debate with Joe Biden. When asked to condemn white supremacist and militia groups, Mr Trump instead called on the Proud Boys to \u201cstand back and stand by\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many members of the group, including Mr Tarrio, took his words as an endorsement. But the president has since said that he condemns the Proud Boys and all white supremacists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p08t08nh.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Media caption:  Trump: \u201cI don\u2019t know who the Proud Boys are\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 October 2020 (bbc.com) Members of the LGBT community have been making #ProudBoys trend on social media by posting images of gay pride and pictures of themselves with loved ones. 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