Photos of the star on Snapchat with edited anti-LGBTQ captions have also gone viral.įans of Brown have condemned the tweets, saying it misrepresents the actress, because she has taken a pro-LGBTQ stance throughout her career. Last year, she sported a blue pin to honor the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Together movement at the MTV Movie Awards.Īmerican singer Demi Lovato has also been a victim of slanderous memes.
Since then, Twitter users have been providing their own fictional accounts of aggressive encounters with the 14-year-old, accompanied by the hashtag ‘ #TakeDownMillieBobbieBrown.’ by users alleging she made a series of offensive anti-gay comments. Anti-LGBT rhetoric are themes, catchphrases, and slogans that have been used against homosexuality or other non-heterosexual sexual orientations in order to. The tweet that started the craze reads: “I saw Millie Bobby Brown in the airport and asked for a pic and she said “only if you remove the hijab” and I said “it’s my faith” and she aggressively pulled it off my head and stamped it on it.” Its uncertain how the memes first surfaced, but several Twitter users posted tweets. The American actress – best known for her Emmy-nominated role on Netflix’s Stranger Things – quit the social media platform in reaction to hundreds of satirical homophobic and racist comments. Millie Bobby Brown has deactivated her Twitter after being turned into an anti-gay meme.