A message to the homophobes: It doesn’t get better
(Warning: explicit language)
FKCH8 released a new video parodying the It Gets Better Project, featuring YouTube personalities. From the video’s description:
Snarky Gay & Straight YouTubers Come Together 2 with FCKH8.com to make a HILARIOUS “It Doesn’t Get Better” Video 4 the Forgotten Victims: HOMOPHOBES!
Homophobic #ToMyUnbornChild tweets turned into PSA
Charlotte Moore from Raleigh, North Carolina has created a PSA against homophobia after the Twitter hashtag #ToMyUnbornChild attracted homophobes to publicly announce that they would murder their child if he or she was gay.
#ToMyUnbornChild became a trending topic on Twitter a few weeks ago, and while most people used it to write loving tweets to their future children, some homophobes decided to do just the opposite.
@Homophobes, a Twitter account that retweets homophobes to expose their ignorance, published an article of 100 extremely homophobic tweets, which gained quite a bit of attention around the web.
Charlotte Moore was inspired, and decided to write and direct a PSA using the tweets. The video was produced by Brian Lee and Nick Heim.
From the video’s description:
I got the idea on a Thursday. By Sunday, we – me, my boyfriend, and whatever friends we could find to help us – had it filmed.
It’s easy to dehumanize hate speech online because we’ve gotten so used to seeing it. We tell ourselves that it’s the product of trolls, of random, anonymous strangers.
Except they’re not. They’re real people. Many of them will be parents. And some of their children will be gay.
The homophobic tweets, which were compiled using Storify, gaining nearly 300,000 views, 4,000 tweets, and thousands of reblogs and likes from our Tumblr post and another Tumblr user. The post was covered by the Huffington Post, The New Civil Rights Movement, Queerty, Towleroad, Buzzfeed, AmericaBLOG, and several other blogs.
Last weekend, @homophobes also published a satirical guide on how to “rid the gay” from your child.
More info:
A Homophobe’s Guide for Dealing with a Gay Child
(Warning: Post contains shocking and offensive language.)
@Homophobes, a Twitter account that retweets homophobes to expose their ignorance, published a satirical guide on how to “rid the gay” from your child. This guide contains 53 shocking real tweets from real homophobes who publicly tweeted about what they would do if their child was gay.
From the Storify post:
Think your child might be gay? Here are 16 tips from real homophobes on how to rid the gay.
Several weeks ago, @homophobes published a similar post titled “100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child.”
100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child
@Homophobes, a Twitter account that retweets homophobes to expose their ignorance, published a collection of 100 horrifying tweets where people said that they would murder their child if he or she was gay. These tweets were all posted within 24 hours.
From the Storify post:
On March 12, 2012, the hashtag #ToMyUnbornChild became a trending topic. People used this hashtag to “tweet to” their future child. Here are 100 real tweets from real people — all within 24 hours — saying they would murder their child if he or she was gay.
