Deplorable Pride
{{Short description|Conservative LGBT organization}}
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| location = Albemarle, North Carolina, United States
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Derek Van Cleve
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Deplorable Pride is a conservative LGBT organization in Albemarle, North Carolina, that supports Donald Trump. It has been described as "alt-right."{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Steve |date=June 29, 2017 |title=White House contacts fringe alt-right LGBTQ group banned from Charlotte Pride parade |url=http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/29/white-house-contacts-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-banned-from-charlotte-pride-parade/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701132132/http://lgbtweekly.com/2017/06/29/white-house-contacts-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-banned-from-charlotte-pride-parade/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |access-date=2018-06-30 |work=LGBT Weekly |language=en-us}}
History
Deplorable Pride was created on June 6, 2017, as a group of LGBT Trump supporters who wanted a float in the Charlotte Pride Parade, which it was denied.{{Cite news |last=Fountain |first=Caroline |date=June 16, 2017 |title='Deplorable Pride' faces accusations |url=http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/deplorable-pride-faces-accusations |access-date=2018-06-30 |work=Fox 46 Charlotte |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Holley |first=Peter |date=June 9, 2017 |title='It's discrimination': Gay Trump supporter says his vote got him barred from pride parade |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/10/its-discrimination-gay-man-says-hes-barred-from-pride-parade-for-supporting-trump/ |access-date=September 14, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Charlotte Pride said they denied the group's participation because of Deplorable Pride's anti-LGBT and other views which did not comport with its mission.{{Cite news|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article169372487.html|title=Gay Trump backers plan to protest at Charlotte's gay Pride Parade Sunday|last=Price|first=Mark|date=2017-08-17|work=Charlotte Observer|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US}} GLAAD also criticized Deplorable Pride's views, calling it a "fringe alt-right" group and highlighting several hostile statements from the organization, including comments by Deplorable Pride leader Brian Talbert that he would kill "every single" Muslim and several other statements using slurs and profanities to refer to LGBT people and Muslims.{{Cite news|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/thursdaythoughts-why-did-white-house-contact-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-during-pride-month|title=Why did the White House contact a fringe alt-right LGBTQ group during Pride Month?|last=Anderson|first=Drew|date=2017-06-29|work=GLAAD|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216181251/https://www.glaad.org/blog/thursdaythoughts-why-did-white-house-contact-fringe-alt-right-lgbtq-group-during-pride-month|url-status=dead}}
On July 26, 2017, Deplorable Pride came out in support of President Trump's tweets announcing he would be banning transgender individuals from military service in the United States Army.{{Cite news |last=Levins |first=Savannah |date=July 26, 2017 |title=Charlotte LGBT Trump supporters back military transgender ban |url=https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/community/charlotte-lgbt-trump-supporters-back-military-transgender-ban/459822710 |access-date=2018-06-30 |work=WCNC |language=en-US}} On May 12, 2018, Talbert was arrested and charged with assault on a woman during an altercation with counter-protesters.{{Cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Matt |date=May 13, 2018 |title=Protest in uptown Saturday turns violent |url=http://www.fox46charlotte.com/news/local-news/protest-in-uptown-saturday-turns-violent |access-date=2018-07-04 |work=Fox 46 Charlotte |language=en-US}} Talbert has also supported the Proud Boys{{Cite web |last1=Voght |first1=Kara |last2=Breland |first2=Ali |date=September 10, 2019 |title=GOP congressional candidate has ties to far-right supporter of the Proud Boys |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/gop-congressional-candidate-has-ties-to-far-right-supporter-of-the-proud-boys/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ring |first=Trudy |date=September 10, 2019 |title=North Carolina 'Bathroom Bill' Sponsor Backed by Far-Right LGBTQ Group |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2019/9/10/north-carolina-bathroom-bill-sponsor-backed-far-right-lgbtq-group |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=The Advocate |language=en}} and said that Hillary Clinton should be executed for treason.{{Cite news |last=Herndon |first=Astead W. |date=December 28, 2019 |title='Nothing Less Than a Civil War': These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/us/politics/trump-2020-trumpstock.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=New York Times}}
As of 2023, Talbert was the North Carolina chapter leader for Gays Against Groomers.{{Cite web |last=Gingerich |first=Mia |date=2023-02-07 |title=Grifter Gays: How conspiracy theorists and right-wing operatives created Gays Against Groomers |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/grifter-gays-how-conspiracy-theorists-and-right-wing-operatives-created |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Media Matters for America |language=en}}
See also
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