Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Social Media Hero
LGBTQ Nation nominates five such people for our 2022 Social Media Hero.The nominees are Olivia Julianna, a teen who stood up to a powerful Republican lawmaker and raised millions for reproductive freedom; Dexter Mayfield, an Instagramer who showed us that big is beautiful after he got on the cover of Out magazine; Korynn Dickey, who came out and stood up to her Republican lawmaker dad; Taylor Blake, who educates her followers about wildlife and whose emu stole the show; his followers on TikTok and Instagram about life as a trans dad and promoted protests against anti-trans laws; and Blair Imani, who uses her large platform on to show what it’s like to be Black, queer, and Muslim.The nominees for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Social Media Hero stood out from the crowd and kept us scrolling for more.
Vote now for LGBTQ Nation’s 2022 Social Media Hero.Olivia JuliannaIn one of the most shocking, hilarious and ultimately satisfying Twitter feuds of the summer, 19 year-old queer activist Olivia Julianna truly got back at Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for making a misogynist joke about her, and earned over $2 million for abortion rights in the process.“Have you watched these pro-abortion, pro-murder rallies?” Gaetz asked a rightwing crowd in July. “The people are just disgusting.
Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb.”“These people are odious from the inside out,” Gaetz continued. “They’re like 5′ 2″, 350 pounds, and they’re like, ‘Give me my abortions or I’ll get up and march and protest.’ And I’m thinking — march?
