As lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates across France celebrated the country’s decision to legalize gay marriage Tuesday, a homophobic backlash found an outlet on social media platforms.
Beginning in the evening, the hashtags #MortAuxGay (“death to gays”) and #ilfauttuerleshomosexuels (“we must kill all gays”) began showing up on Twitter.
According to a Twitter Trending Topics page, #MortAuxGay was a trending term in France on Tuesday. AmericaBlog also took a screenshot of Twitter’s trending terms list.As the term gained notoriety, many French users took to Twitter to criticize their homophobic countrymen, but initially, the hashtag was used to convey anti-gay sentiment.
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