Boris Johnson ridiculed for ‘hollow’ Pride Month message: ‘You are a disgrace’

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Boris Johnson has been blasted for sending out a celebratory Pride Month message as his government increasingly takes aim at LGBTQ+ rights.

In a video posted on the official UK prime minister Twitter account, Johnson said he was “proud” at how many LGBTQ+ people have sought asylum in the country from Afghanistan following the Taliban invasion.

The Home Office announced a programme in August 2021 to bring vulnerable Afghans to safety in the UK, with plans to welcome 5,000 refugees in the first year.

“LGBT Afghans coming to this country because we’re a place that is welcoming and understands that type of intolerance is simply unacceptable in this country,” Johnson said.

Why #Pride Matters. pic.twitter.com/XBj8frzPo3

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) June 20, 2022

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Johnson added: “I’m proud above all that the UK is a country where you can be however you want to be and you can love whomever you choose to love no matter who you are or where you come from or what your background is.

“So it’s great to see Afghans coming to this country with that knowledge and seeing our country as a beacon of hope.

“That’s why Pride Month matters so much. And I hope you have a great Pride.”

Twitter users were less than impressed by Johnson’s well-wishes considering his government’s alarming track record on LGBTQ+ rights.

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Boris Johnson said gay people are ‘tank top bum boys’ and compared equal marriage to three men marrying a dog.

The Tory government have also deported LGBT+ people to countries where LGBT+ people are criminalised and more Tory MPs voted against same sex marriage than for it. https://t.co/cqgNBjCI87

— George Aylett (@GeorgeAylett) June 21, 2022

Hollow words from a Government who are still content with deporting LGBT+ refugees to Rwanda despite their own report stating that LGBT+ people "regularly" face "arbitrary arrest and detention by state security forces without due process." #ToriesOut https://t.co/0qB0U9irIQ

— Chris Davis