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- This presidential election has been so, so strange. And things just got weirder. Republican candidate Donald Trump waved a rainbow flag at rally, which is weird, because Trump isn’t supportive of the LGBT community. Trump held the “LGBT for Trump” sign, and got a lot of people chatting about how pro-LGBT he is… but holding a pride flag doesn’t make someone an ally. It just means they can hold a flag for five seconds. The internet isn’t thrilled because Trump’s policies don’t at all match up with this symbolic gesture.
- So here’s how it went down. At a rally in Greeley, Colorado, Trump held a rainbow flag to ~honor~ the LGBT community.
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- Andreas Riis @MrAndreasRiis
- @realDonaldTrump entering rally in Greeley, #Colorado with a rainbow flag #trump
- 4:15 PM - 30 Oct 2016
- 90 90 Retweets 109 109 likes
- And the internet had mixed feelings.
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- olenna @fallensparse
- why would you ruin a pride flag by writing "lgbt for trump" on it
- 11:47 AM - 31 Oct 2016
- 5 5 Retweets 14 14 likes
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- Dean Eastmond ✔ @deanvictorr
- How dare Trump wave a pride flag at a rally. This is a man who used Pulse to promote his own agenda & dismiss the deaths of LGBT people.
- 11:05 AM - 31 Oct 2016
- 17 17 Retweets 69 69 likes
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- griff™ @grxffology
- DID DONALD TRUMP JUST HOLD UP A PRIDE FLAG????
- 4:13 PM - 30 Oct 2016
- 1 1 Retweet 7 7 likes
- And with good reason.
- Unfortunately, despite this display, Trump’s policies aren’t at all LGBT-friendly.
- According to PinkNews, Trump’s policies are the exact opposite of affirming and supportive of the LGBT community. Despite calling himself a ~champion of gay marriage~ he’s become critical of it, saying he’d appoint justices to repeal marriage equality (a HUGE step backwards).
- In an interview with Bill O’Reilly on Fox News, Trump said,
- “I just don’t feel good about it. I don’t feel right about it. I’m against it, and I take a lot of heat because I come from New York. You know, for New York it’s like, how can you be against gay marriage? But I’m opposed to gay marriage.”
- And that’s not all. He also supported HB2, a HUGELY discriminatory bill in North Carolina, and supports a Republican-backed bill that allows homophobia on a religious basis. Ugh.
- And the worst part, probably, is that Mike Pence is a *major* homophobe who wants everything from hyper abusive conversation therapy to the stripping of basic rights from trans people.
- Long story short? Waving a rainbow flag doesn’t make you an LGBT ally.
- The post Donald Trump got to wave a rainbow flag at a campaign rally, and here’s why that’s messed up appeared first on HelloGiggles.
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