Tue 2 Feb 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
A new hashtag campaign aiming to draw attention to racism within the gay community has emerged on Twitter and is dividing the wider LGBTI community. #TweetLikeAWhiteGay has recently appeared on Twitter Feeds with users of the hashtag pointing out the problem of racism within the gay community and highlighting the hypocrisy of speaking out against LGBTI discrimination while at the same time discriminating against other minorities. The tweets mimic the racist profiles of some gay men on hookup apps such as Grindr and other’s appropriation of language and style from other minority communities. Some gay men have responded to the campaign by tweeting statements in objection to the ridicule.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 - 11:51pm