President Donald Trump’s self-promotional and self-congratulatory tweets recognizing – for his first time ever – LGBT Pride month are eliciting anger, hurt, and outrage from members of the LGBT community, activists, and supporters.
“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation,” Trump’s tweets began.
Many are furious.
The head of HRC called it “gross hypocrisy.”
The head of GLAAD called it “gaslighting.”
GLAAD also posted a series of tweets exposing Trump’s attacks.
Some have taken to posting screenshots of or links to GLAAD’s database of anti-LGBT attacks made by Trump and his administration:
Some posted real-world effects of Trump’s ant-LGBT policies:
Some expressed anger.
Some just expressed exasperation.
Some took a more humrous approcah:
And some demanded action:
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