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To Defy Hatred, #TwoMenKissing and #TwoWomenKissing Storm Social Media
If his father is to be believed, terrorist Omar Mateen wasn’t driven by fundamentalist zeal or any kind of religious ideology when he murdered fifty people and wounded dozens of others at a gay club in Orlando early Sunday morning.
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Instead, his actions were a direct response to his disgust and discomfort upon witnessing two gay men kissing in downtown Miami several months back.
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In light of this revelation, social media channels have been lighting up with hundreds of photos of men and women engaged in lip locks with members of their same sex. These hashtag campaigns– #TwoMenKissing and #TwoWomenKissing — are a direct response to the attacker’s motivations, and a strong antidote to the legions of right-wing bigots and terroristic trolls taking to Twitter to excitedly praise Mateen’s actions. (Thought Catalog does a troubling roundup of such messages here.)
We’ll be presenting several of the hundreds of photographs being shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram throughout the week.
Here’s the first collection:
#TwoMenKissing Spread the Love pic.twitter.com/7WnOyKkgC4
A photo posted by Queenie (@cute_eel) on
— Arthus Nicolas (@arthusandnico) June 13, 2016
The world needs more love today, not more hate #Orlando #TwoMenKissing pic.twitter.com/JBGldkvgnI
A photo posted by Queenie (@cute_eel) on
— Skye Joseph Bartlett (@one_last_look) June 13, 2016
If #twoMenKissing was the #Orlando shooter’s motive, then let this be every hater’s conditioning therapy. pic.twitter.com/OG52gCA20Z
— Theo Bleckmann (@Theo_Bleckmann) June 13, 2016
“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love.” ?????? #Orlando #TwoMenKissing pic.twitter.com/so4ht5q7gr
— Grant Morrow (@RealGrantMorrow) June 13, 2016
My husband & I at wedding reception, 2008. If you don’t like this, you’re like a terrorist. Congrats. #twomenkissing pic.twitter.com/8TslauuyKG
— Jon Collins (@jeezjon) June 13, 2016
Time for a concealed permit. pic.twitter.com/x4lcteDDwT
— Atheist Fag w/a Gun (@fag_gun) June 13, 2016
Seeing #TwoMenKissing should never be an excuse for violence or bigotry. It should warm our romantic hearts 🙂 pic.twitter.com/xrthrK3vyk
— Stephen Wood (@StephenWood_UK) June 13, 2016
Let’s fight terrorism all night long… ? #twowomenkissing #twomenkissing #orlando pic.twitter.com/aXrC2BOwHv
— pauline hillier OlO (@pauline_hillier) June 13, 2016
Important today to share images of #TwoMenKissing so I dug this out from the vault: my wedding day pic.twitter.com/06RhAHfko6
— Walter Wittich (@WalterWittich) June 13, 2016
can’t just show the guys! #TwoWomenKissing #LoveConquersHate pic.twitter.com/OtXN4x9zB2
— TamaraMableyChaisson (@tamarajai) June 13, 2016
#TwoWomenKissing #TwoMenKissing so why not #TransKissing too, all for #LoveForOrlando cause #LoveIsLove t.co/IvZAp26gmB
— LDH (@Dawn_One) June 13, 2016
#TwoMenKissing #Orlando #Pulse pic.twitter.com/WQbEmkP4Rg
— Tony Clements (@tonebobb) June 12, 2016
Life should be beautiful and love should forever be celebrated above hate and bigotry #TwoMenKissing pic.twitter.com/AYh2cYiDz6
— Carl Fearn (@carljfearn) June 13, 2016
#twomenkissing Photo of Patrick Cowley and Jorge Socarras pic.twitter.com/enKRhPbRzb
— Dark Entries Records (@darkentriesrecs) June 12, 2016
Or how about #peoplekissingpeople! #OrlandoStrong #loveislove #twowomenkissing #twomenkissing pic.twitter.com/r9xkvMSAue
— Corinne M. REALTOR (@RECorinne) June 13, 2016
#TwoMenKissing … Best way I know how to respond today. With love. #orlando pic.twitter.com/WLVCN6b45d
— Carl Sciortino (@carlsciortino) June 13, 2016
Me and @MsNatalieWest. #gaysbreaktheinternet #twowomenkissing #loveislove pic.twitter.com/XgLCucVqwC
— Justine Cross (@Justineplays) June 12, 2016
If #TwoMenKissing is now an act of defiance, activism has never been so pleasant pic.twitter.com/BDOz9mYwhI
— Wouter S van Dijke (@WoutervD) June 13, 2016
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