April Hudson

U of A website goes viral exposing casual homophobia

Website keeps track of homophobic tweets, with a live feed and counter By April Hudson EDMONTON (CUP) — A new website from the University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services has gone viral in less than a week, in an attempt to spread awareness of homophobic language. The website, nohomophobe.com, tracks the tweets of people using the phrases “faggot,” “no homo,” “so gay,” and “dyke” — some of which have been tweeted more than 2,000,000 times since July 5. Kristopher Wells, assistant professor and associate director for the institute, launched the website on Sept. 26 in order…

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