June officially kicked off Pride month in the United States and several other countries. It promotes visibility, awareness and equality for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Unfortunately, the celebration is often frowned upon by those who dedicate their lives to condemning and harassing marginalized groups on social media.
Luckily, there are allies like Georgie Henley who have LGBTQ+ people's backs and shut down hateful trolls.
Henley—who played Lucy Pevensie throughout the Chronicles of Narnia series on the big screen—has not only grown up since the movies, but she has fiercely defended the LGBTQ+ community.
On Wednesday, the 25-year-old actress wished everyone "happy pride" and followed her tweet with a generous helping of exclamation points to mark her enthusiasm.
She accompanied the tweet with a screenshot of a homophobic rant written by a Twitter troll who was extremely disappointed upon discovering the actress of a popular movie, with strong religious undertones, was an ally of the gay community.
The unnamed hater wrote:
"Homosexuality is one of the decays in the human species. Made more popular & accepted since the 1960's."
"Normality & innocence has taken a back seat in societies self made journey to destruction."
"I can not believe that the Narnia actress has stooped so low."
Henley proudly owned her stance and responded with:
"AND I'LL STOOP LOWER!!!!!"
She followed her declaration by adding a trio of angel emojis to stick the landing.
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Twitter praised her for her fearlessness.
@geohenleyreal embarrassing display for such a big narnia fan given that aslan threw the first brick at stonewall— emma ✨ (@emma ✨) 1622645923.0
@geohenleyreal i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i lobe you i love you i love you i love you i… https://t.co/PXzI4V3bvL— thays- a gentil🏹 (@thays- a gentil🏹) 1622648561.0
@geohenleyreal Queen ily https://t.co/rrnXhJdJoF— Kennedy Cannon (@Kennedy Cannon) 1622645969.0
@geohenleyreal Don’t listen to those haters, Georgie. You are awesome for showing support— Rey Palpatine Skywalker saw TROS (@Rey Palpatine Skywalker saw TROS) 1622723404.0
@geohenleyreal Stooping with you hunny 🌈💛— Jocelyn Evans (@Jocelyn Evans) 1622656188.0
@geohenleyreal @paige_trnr That's what happens when you step up to a Queen! 💜— Brooke Paisley #BLM #Antifa #ACAB (@Brooke Paisley #BLM #Antifa #ACAB) 1622689351.0
The community expressed deep gratitude for their loyal Queen.
@geohenleyreal Love you Georgie, thanks for sticking up for us xx— allan meikle (@allan meikle) 1622748951.0
@geohenleyreal Geo ur the best!! Thank u 💜— 𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 ✨ (@𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 ✨) 1622653979.0
@geohenleyreal THANKS HONEY I LOVE U SO!!!<333— freakgirl. (@freakgirl.) 1622645917.0
And with that, the troll was vanquished, peace was restored and the festivities celebrating all love and gender identities resumed in the kingdom of Twitter-land.
Happy Pride and long live the Queen!