The video gained 500 likes and 160 retweets in a day. On June 6th, 2019, Twitter user posted a video of Tomi Lahren responding to the Boston Straight Pride Parade backlash on Fox Nation (shown below). The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smith being. Jerry Smith (1965-77): Tight end with the Redskins. The black triangle was similarly used for other types of 'social deviants' including lesbians. Dave Kopay (1964-72): Running back with the 49ers, Lions, Redskins, Saints, and Packers.
The pink triangle was the symbol used by the Nazi's to identify gay men in the concentration camps. The rock band Smash Mouth tweeted, "Straight Pride Parade ? FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!" The tweet received more than 284,000 likes and 94,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below). This section includes Gay Pride comments and glitter graphics including pride flags, pink triangles, glitter text and more. Me explaining to my boyfriend why we’re going to straight pride /ZtXpLaV05s They captioned the post, "me explaining to my boyfriend why we’re going to straight pride." The post received more than 2.9 million views, 160,000 likes and 46,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below). Twitter user tweeted a mocking video of someone excited for the parade.
Twitter user responded to an article in the Washington Post about the parade, "It's journalistic malpractice to omit from this article that Mark Sahady is a member of Resist Marxism, an anti-semitic alt-right group that's associated with the Proud Boys and white nationalism." The tweet received more than 270 likes and 110 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, center).Ĭaptain America actor Chris Evans tweeted, "Wow! Cool initiative, fellas!! Just a thought, instead of ‘Straight Pride’ parade, how about this: The ‘desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children’ parade? Whatta ya think? Too on the nose?" The tweet received more than 116,000 likes and 25,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right). Let’s meet the organizer, Mark Sahady, and see his ties to violence and hate." In the thread, the user connects Sahady to various hate groups and their events, such as the Proud Boy and Patriot Prayer.
It’s just a rebrand of Resist Marxism, a violent far-right group based in Boston, MA.
Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist, is known as the 'Mother of Pride' for her work in coordinating the first Pride march in New York City, and she also originated the idea for a week-long series of events around Pride Day which became the genesis of the annual LGBT Pride. Twitter user tweeted, "There were a lot of tweets about the “Straight Pride” parade that’s going to be held in Boston in August. The term 'Gay Pride' was crafted by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist in Minnesota (1969+). Many reacted negatively to the announcement of the parade, both mocking and criticizing the founders and parade.