Millie Bobby Brown's Photos Have Been Made Into an Anti-Gay Meme

Millie Bobby Brown's Photos Have Been Made Into an Anti-Gay Meme

Homophobia is never ever funny, not also when it's impersonated a joke. That's why a brand-new anti-gay meme including Millie Bobby Brown is not at all okay.

BuzzFeed reported that a brand-new meme has surfaced in which people lay over homophobic statements that Millie did not claim on an image of her. Many are sharing the meme, which shows offensive, and frequently fierce, views of LGBTQ people, as well as the whole point appears to have actually begun as a joke in between followers, according to BuzzFeed. Some told BuzzFeed that the meme is amusing due to the fact that it's clear that Millie wouldn't ever claim such terrible points, however that's also why individuals are upset about it. Numerous on Twitter are protecting Millie, asking individuals to quit sharing the meme both since it stinks to LGBTQ people and is a form of cyberbullying.

\" Individuals are voluntarily using the face and name of an innocent 14-year-old woman pretending she is homophobic and also racist and also editing images of her (which will definitely be believed by some),\" a single person told BuzzFeed. \"It's so ignorant and also dreadful.\"

Most of those sharing the memes appear to be component of the LGBTQ area, and some have claimed it's not alright when individuals who aren't in the community share the memes. And also it's not the first time a meme such as this has emerged. One distributed a few years ago that put fatphobic declarations on photos of Demi Lovato. While the meme layout may not be new, as well as while a number of individuals that might be in on the joke are the ones sharing the meme, it's spreading out a belief that's not just damaging to individuals yet that leads to physical violence against LGBTQ people. As a matter of fact, 2017 noted the highest number of anti-LGBTQ homicides in the Anti-Violence Project's 20-year background of tracking them. That very same year, there were greater than 120 anti-LGBTQ expenses introduced to state legislatures, and also the Trump administration rescinded certain LGBTQ securities.

It's additionally unfair to Millie, that likely would never say anything near to what's being put over her photo.

Millie has actually apparently deleted her Twitter account, though it's uncertain exactly why she did so. Millie does, nonetheless, have a 2nd account that's still energetic, though she hasn't posted on it given that 2017. It's an anti-bullying account, as well as the handle is @MillieStopsHate.

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