Tags: facebook, red equality sign, hrc, marriage equality, graphs 
You'd have to be colorblind not to notice the sea of change that flooded Facebook this week.
On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign promoted its red-hued equality sign and asked supporters of marriage equality to make it their profile picture in honor of the Supreme Court hearings; by Wednesday, a large portion of users had made the swap to state their support.
Today, in a rare glimpse at the data behind the scenes of the largest social network, Facebook breaks down the number of users who changed their profile pictures on Tuesday (the day of the Prop 8 hearing at SCOTUS).
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Thursday, 28 March 2013
Tags: dave agema, michigan, anti-gay, facebook, resignation
A Michigan Republican National Committeeman, Dave Agema, published a blatantly anti-gay post on his Facebook page and it's his fellow Republicans that are demanding his resignation.
See what went down after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Tags: marriage equality, brands, red, facebook
Our Facebook feed has been painted red by both fellow gays and lesbians, allies, and some prominent businesses and brands!
See some of the brands showing solidarity with the gay community after the jump!
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Tags: facebook, studies, culture
What do your Facebook "Likes" say about you?
That's the premise of a new study out of the University of Cambridge, where researchers have pinpointed with frightening accuracy the type of person who likes everything from "emo" to "Did you get a haircut no it grew shorter."
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 11 February 2013
Tags: chris christie, mark zuckerberg, facebook, marriage equality, fundraiser, new jersey, blue jersey, rosi efthim, unfriend christie, social media campaign
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes didn't hesitate to express his concern over Mark Zuckerberg's allegiance with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who famously vetoed marriage equality in the state.
Now marriage equality advocates are getting in on the action.
See what they have to say after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 06 February 2013
Tags: sean eldridge, chris hughes, congress, facebook
They were already young, rich, and successful and now Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge can potentially add politically powerful to the list.
Eldridge, an investor and husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, is running for Congress!
Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 28 January 2013
Tags: chris hughes, mark zuckerberg, facebook, chris christie, same-sex marriage, veto, fundraiser
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, is voicing his concerns over Zuckerberg's support of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Zuckerberg is hosting a Feb. 13 fundraiser for Christie at his home in Palo Alto, California.
Christie's widely acknowledged for his capable handling of the Hurricane Sandy crisis in the state, but he's also received a lot of negative attention within the LGBT community based on his veto of same-sex marriage.
See what the openly gay Hughes has to say about Zuckerberg and Christie's growing closeness after the jump!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 07 January 2013
Tags: uganda, gays, witch hunt, rolling stone, facebook page, taken down, glaad, kill, names, lgbt
A disgusting Facebook page that took a cue from Uganda's Rolling Stone newspaper to call for a "witch hunt" against identified and named LGBT Ugandans has been taken down by the social network.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 07 December 2012
Tags: heterosexual awareness month, ham, official certificate, heterosexuality, facebook, anti-gay group, hate group
We thought this was joke, but sadly it's not. An anti-gay group called Heterosexual Awareness Month (because clearly we're shockingly unaware of the heteros out there) is providing the “official certificate of heterosexuality ready to print and hang on your wall!”
But not you, ya know, because you're gay.
More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 26 November 2012
Tags: libya, militia, al nawasi, capture, kidnap, torture, execute, gay men, twelve, party, tripoli, post, photos, facebook, homosexuality, middle east, human rights, lgbt
Updated Tuesday, 12 p.m. EST
The Islamic extremist group that captured and threatened to kill 12 gay men via posts and pictures on Facebook has said it will handover the group to Libya's Ministry of Justice. Details follow.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 05 November 2012
Tags: jesse tyler ferguson, modern family, gaylebrities, tv, facebook, internet, homophobia, unfriend, defriend, social networks, followers, fans, letter
Even in a message conveying disappointment and frustration, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson still manages to remain polite as he kindly shows homophobic "fans" the door.
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