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Caitlyn Jenner Ranks Among Top 10 Tweets of 2015
President Obama's support of marriage equality and One Direction band members also made the list of most shared messages.
December 07 2015 11:38 AM EST
December 07 2015 12:00 PM EST
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President Obama's support of marriage equality and One Direction band members also made the list of most shared messages.
Time magazine has compiled a list of the most retweeted messages on Twitter in 2015, and several among them show support for the LGBT community.
Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender Olympian who came out earlier this year on the cover of Vanity Fair, ranked number 10 on this list, after first sharing her gender identity with the social media platform.
\u201cI'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.\u201d— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn Jenner) 1433175470
With that tweet, Jenner smashed the record for fastest accrual of one million followers. Just a few weeks earlier, President Obama's @POTUS account accumulated 1 million followers in roughly five hours; Jenner surpassed the million mark in less than four hours.
After the U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be constitutional on June 26, the president joined the chorus of celebratory voices on Twitter. His #LoveWins message was retweeted almost half a million times, garnering him a spot as number 4.
\u201cToday is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins\u201d— President Obama (@President Obama) 1435327805
However, not even the great advances in LGBT equality could compete with fans of One Direction, who boosted band members Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Zayn Malik to the top of the chart. But thankfully, in each of these tweets, the theme of love still carried the day.
\u201cAll the love as always. H\u201d— Harry Styles. (@Harry Styles.) 1427339991
See the full list at Time.com.