Its success marks the first time that a far-right party will sit in parliament since the 1975 death of military dictator General Francisco Franco, who had ruled the country since 1939, after leading the Nationalists to victory in the Spanish Civil War. It will take 24 of the Congress of Deputies’ 350 seats following the vote. The Vox party won just over 10 percent of the vote in Spain’s general election.
Vox won over 10 percent of the Spanish vote
#AGAINST GAY PRIDE MEMES ANDROID#
The origins of the emoji are currently unclear, although the ghost appears to be from an Android phone and Photoshopped with a rainbow flag. Thousands of tweets were sent in support of the LGBT+ community in the aftermath of the initial Vox tweet, with supporters urging the LGBT+ community and allies to use the image as a symbol of resistance against the far right. Los bisexuales tambien tenemos nuestra mascota, os presentamos a #bisper el primo de #gaysper ? /BYbjIgUC1cĪs the meme continued someone launched a Gaysper Twitter account, in tribute to the emoji, which now has over 2,000 followers. While others created friends for Gaysper… introducing Bisper, the bisexual ghost. Lo barato que me va a salir el disfraz en el próximo Carnaval. Others suggested that people should dress up as the ghost for pride festivals and carnivals. Uy, se nos había escapado este fantasma de Hill House. “Here, Gaysper scaring a young right-wing heterosexual,” another Tweet said.Įven brands such as Netflix Spain joined in with the meme, Photoshopping pictures of the ghost into screen shots of its horror films. While another person tweeted: “The worst thing the far right could have done was give the LGBT community a new cute symbol,” while continuing their Twitter thread to include images of Gaysper scaring people. Puede la comunidad lgtbi apropiarse de este icono por favor? /xhJ4IlKdlS One user asked the LGBT+ community to “please” reclaim the gay ghost emoji as their own. In the spirit of killing ‘em with kindness, why not fill your newsfeeds with funny that features and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community? Here are ten bits of funny to share on Facebook and your other social feeds to share during Pride Month and beyond.Queer and trans social media users started using the hashtag #gaysper to create memes and roundly mock the group, using the rainbow-coloured ghost emoji, who oppose same-sex marriage and LGBT+ families. The depths of the internet - and sometimes its surface, too - is often evidence of that. The world can sometimes be a big, bigoted place.
Essentially, the fight for equal rights is still very much a fight. While 2017 marks two years of marriage equality as a constitutional right, we also need to recognize that roughly one third of Americans still don’t think gay marriage should be legal. Our country is very much divided when it comes to why we need new LGBT protections. In addition to celebrating accomplishments within the LGBT community and how far we’ve come as a culture, Pride Month is also another opportunity to recognize how far we have to go when it comes to equality. From books featuring LGBTQ stories to finding a few new LGBTQ accounts to follow across social media to scrolling through #Pride2017 on Twitter, you have 30 entire days to dedicate to specifically celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. It’s Pride Month, and if your life isn’t overflowing with LGBTQ+ excellence all June long, what are you even doing? There are plenty of ways to celebrate Pride Month regardless of where you fall on the spectrum.