Gay community has taken over the Proud Boys hashtag on Twitter
Bobby Berk, a host of the popular Netflix show Queer Eye with his partner and another gay couple
Proud Boys, a far-right group founded in 2016, calls itself a "white chauvinist" organisation but is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Last week, during the first national presidential debate, the US President Donald Trumpnot only missed an opportunity to condemn the white supremacist groups, but rather told them to "stand by".
This comment was immediately taken to the social media and while some criticised the president sending out message to the group, some, mainly from the group itself, rejoiced on being mentioned in the presidential debate and took it as a message fromTrump.
The group was in the news after USPresident Donald Trump declined to condemn them during Tuesday's presidential debate, instead telling them to "stand back and stand by," which many group members took as an endorsement. Trump later denounced the group in an interview.
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On Sunday the #ProudBoys hashtag began trending in North America as LGBTQI+ users included it on photos of their significant others or wedding days and other pride imagery.
"Look at these cute lil #ProudBoys," Bobby Berk, a host of the popular Netflix show Queer Eye, wrote on Sunday, alongside a photo with his husband. "Retweet and make this hashtag about love, not hate."
The official Twitter account of the Canadian Armed Forces in the United States shared an image of a serviceman kissing his partner, captioned with emojis of the Canada flag and rainbow pride flag and the hashtag #ProudBoys.
"If you wear our uniform, know what it means. If you're thinking about wearing our uniform, know what it means," the organization said in a follow-up tweet. "Love is love."
An internal report from the Canadian military in November 2018 found 53 members were found to have made discriminatory statements or were linked to hate groups including the Proud Boys and anti-immigrant group Soldiers of Odin.