#MeQueer takes Twitter by storm as LGBT community cries #MeToo
by Hugo Greenhalgh | @hugo_greenhalgh | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 22 August 2018 15:56 GMT
Violence against LGBT people is still "really widespread"
By Hugo Greenhalgh
LONDON, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It started with an angry tweet. But by Wednesday, the #MeQueer hashtag had morphed into a global online storm with thousands of LGBT people taking to Twitter to detail their experiences of verbal abuse, sexual attack and physical violence.
Comments ranged from criticism of media representation to descriptions of assault.
"Nearly crying because you saw yourself represented in a tv show for the first time," wrote @LizKilljoy.
"Being beaten so hard that your nose bleeds like hell for just coming out as trans to your dad," tweeted @homolordt.
Taking inspiration from the #MeToo movement's spotlight on sexism and sexual violence, Hartmut Schrewe, a Brandenburg-based writer, first used the #MeQueer hashtag on August 13.
"My husband is my husband and not my buddy. #Homophobia#MeQueer," he tweeted.
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