A group of activists defending heterosexual rights have taken down a photograph of Brad Pitt from its website.
The site had previously declared: “Congratulations to Mr Pitt for being the face of this important civil rights movement.”
Yiannopoulos will act as both mascot and grand marshall of a proposed parade to be staged by the group in Boston, mirroring the route taken by the city’s annual Pride parade.
Pitt, who has won praise for his role as an ageing stuntman in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.