Written by Nigel Campbell | Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Tags: homophobic tweets, hashtags, france, same-sex marriage, trending 
Okay, relax, France.
In the wake of the French government's legalization of marriage equality, those that oppose same-sex marriage have taken to the interwebs.
But they're not just stopping at denouncing their legislation. Homophobic tweets, including those calling for the death of gays are suddenly trending in the country.
Mon dieu!! More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 13 April 2012
Tags: international kissing day, national kiss day, trending, twitter, the huffington post, same-sex kisses, slideshow
So International Kissing Day isn't until July 6, but as The Huffington Post so aptly pointed out, "National Kiss Day" is a trending topic on Twitter.
We're not the type to rain on someone's tonsil-hockey so by all means, get to kissing!
HuffPo has put together a slideshow (with VIDEO people!!) highlighting 25 of the most talked about same-sex kisses.
Since today's a fake national holiday and all, we implore you to observe it by taking a look after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 13 April 2012
Tags: twitter, to my unborn child, things i gotta teach my son, trending topics, violence, homophobia, disgusting, internet, social networks, lgbt, youth, parenting, dbags
Like #ToMyUnbornChild before it, another Twitter trending topic has solicited disgusting and violent anti-gay sentiment from homophobic users. If Child Protective Services didn't start following these child-related Twitter hashtags before, perhaps it will start after a flood of shocking entries to the #ThingsIGottaTeachMySon thread saturated the social network. Some of the most vile responses to the trending topic, after the jump.
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Tags: twitter, to my unborn child, trending topics, hashtags, homophobia, parenting, dbags, social networks, internet, storified, dbags, murder, kill, anti-gay, hate
A few days ago #ToMyUnbornChild became a popular trending topic on Twitter, provoking at least 100 users to use the hashtag to announce they'd murder their kid if they ended up gay. Storified has curated a list of some of the worst offenders. Follow the jump for a handful of the shocking tweets.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Tags: twitter, social, internet, #fagday, trending topics, hashtags, valentine's day, language, gaga is our valentine, slurs, gay, lgbt
Some folks combined their hate of gays with their hate of Valentines Day to come up with the global trending Twitter topic, #FagDay. It's a little shocking because one just assumes the responsible dbags are so brainless that they can't even add simple maths like the above equation! But lo, the addition somehow slipped into the No. 3 trending topic on the social network this morning.
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