I recently saw someone sharing this website on Facebook. Nohomophobes.com shows all tweets that say: "#faggot, #NoHomo, #sogay and #dyke."
This is a screen shot of today:
Why am I sharing this? Because I believe this is a good way of making people conscious of how we use homophobic language without noticing. Like the website states, most times when use these words it is not meant to be hurtful. Yet, saying something is "so gay", for example, is using someone's sexuality to refer to something as negative. Sexuality is a part of a person's identity, and it shouldn't be deemed as bad.
Here's a screen shot of all time:
This website has been up for just a few months and so many of these words have been said. Twitter is a great place where we can express our thoughts, ideas and emotions but should there be some sort of ethic to what we can and cannot say? That is up to the person who tweets, yet I hope this makes people more conscious of how their words can affect others.
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