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Laugh or Cry: LGBT Twitter Responds to Election With Dark Comedy
Laugh or Cry: LGBT Twitter Responds to Election With Dark Comedy
We're all a feeling sick to our stomachs, so hopefully it's true that laughter is the best medicine.
Well, the election is over, and this morning dawns darker for LGBT people, immigrants, women, people of color, and the disenfranchised than any time in recent memory.
The funny LGBT people of Twitter reacted to Donald Trump's election win much like the rest of us, with disbelief, anger, fear, frustration, but also hope. And through all of that, they still offered some much-needed humor. Maybe it's too soon for some of us to be laughing about any of this, but healing has to start somewhere, right?
Pretty sure I know this guy.
A silver lining.
OK, maybe it was really hard to find a bunch of funny tweets.
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One way of looking at it.
\u201cTrump is sweeping the "gay guys tied to fences or car bumpers" states.\u201d— Guy Branum (@Guy Branum) 1478656888
Please do it!
\u201cThese election returns got me feeling like I gotta start making some woke-ass brown babies\u201d— danielle radford (@danielle radford) 1478662234
Maybe worse. Maybe.
\u201cThis is a stressful as being in the audience of the first preview of TITANIC on Broadway. #ElectionNight\u201d— Robbie Rozelle (@Robbie Rozelle) 1478661617
This is one way of putting it.
\u201cthe queers who were nice/patient/gentle all got shot or bullied to death all that's left r me & the other pissed-off cockroach motherfuckers\u201d— Anthony Oliveira (@Anthony Oliveira) 1465797542
I really thought for a minute that this was going to work.
\u201cCalled upon all of our angels, living and dead, to help pull this off tonight. #gohillgo #imwithher #angelofmine (Did I miss anyone?)\u201d— Timothy Dunn (@Timothy Dunn) 1478667698
For those of us getting uncomfortable with how mainstream we'd become....
Is that friend America?
\u201cCan you impeach a president before they take the oath? I'm asking for a friend.\u201d— deray (@deray) 1478671818
Ain't nobody got time for that.
\u201cAs if my life wasn't busy enough, now I have to find a country with both gay marriage and someone dumb enough to marry me. \ud83d\ude44 #ElectionNight\u201d— Brandon Cloud (@Brandon Cloud) 1478671715
I think this is a joke?
These last two are definitely not jokes. But they are important. Share some love today with your most vulnerable loved ones today. We all need it.
\u201cThe unthinkable happened before, to my family in WWII. We got thru it. We held each other close. We kept our dignity and held to our ideals.\u201d— George Takei (@George Takei) 1478668680
\u201cLGBTQ+ youth I promise not everyone hates you. If you are hurting or just need to talk, The Trevor Project is there 24/7 1-866-488-7386\u201d— Maggie (@Maggie) 1478666222
