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YouTube's #ProudToBe Campaign Draws Out Homophobes
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9/8/2023
YouTube is celebrating LGBT creators this week, and they're unfortunately being met with verbal abuse.
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I'm proud to be someone who understands concepts like respect and basic human decency.
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So YouTube launched a campaign yesterday to spotlight some of its LGBT creators.
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It's called #ProudToBe and features the likes of people like myself, fellow What's
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Trending host Ava Gordy, and a slew of other amazing people like Gigi Gorgeous and Kat
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Black, Ingrid Nilsson, Tyler Oakley, Troye Sivan, and LO Steph.
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The goal was to commemorate Pride Month and also pay tribute to the victims of the horrible
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shooting at Pulse in Orlando.
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But unfortunately, the main thing they're spotlighting is some of the worst trolls that
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humanity has to offer.
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Because homophobes can't just click away from something that they don't like, they
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have to put their idiocy on display for the world to see.
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Yay Theo!
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#ProudNotToBeFuckedInTheHead.
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Not so sure about that, sweetie.
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Alex, there are three genders, male, female, mental disorder.
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Kindly present your mental health credentials and maybe I'll take what you have to say
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seriously.
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The LGBT flag is a rainbow flag.
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Rainbows are a natural occurrence, unlike gays.
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Tell that to the 150+ species where same-sex relationships have been documented.
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Homophobia, on the other hand, just one.
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Naturally, there are lots of people in the LGBT+ community who have taken notice as to
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the clusterfuck in the comments section.
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Kes Leon, look at YouTube's #ProudToBe comments and tell me that homophobia and transphobia
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aren't still alive.
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We may have won marriage equality, but we've still got a long way to go.
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Anthony DeLuca, oh hey girl, hey.
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Saddened to see all the negative responses to the #ProudToBe campaign.
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Homophobia, xenophobia, and hate speech shouldn't be tolerated.
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And yet, here we are.
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Cookies, the homophobia and transphobia on the new #ProudToBe video is so sickening.
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YouTube is also encouraging people to upload their own #ProudToBe videos so that they can
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come together to be verbally harassed.
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So far, YouTube has yet to make an actual statement about all the negative comments
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that the video and the campaign has gotten.
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Way to hang us out to dry there, guys.
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For more trends like this, you can go to whatstrending.com.
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