Twitter Trending Topics 9/4/09

Oh, Twitter. How I love you.

Today there was a homophobic Twitter topic, #uknowhowiknowugay, or something like that. I paid no attention except to grimace a little. I guess it says something about how ubiquitous homophobia is (or how jaded I can be) that I can see it and just avert my eyes.

Well, luckily not everyone feels that way. I’ve been collecting queermos to follow on Twitter, and quickly my Twitter page filled with tweets with the hashtag #yaygay. I guess @dorothysnarker publicized it, but @thelinster started it as a counter-trend.

And the trend took off. I contributed my share, too, and it overtook not only the homophobic trending topic, but reached #1, beating out even Follow Friday.

My screen was blurry from tears. If you know me, you won’t be surprised by that. Nothing pumps my tear ducts like people coming together to do something good for the world.

Maybe it’s a small thing. Doesn’t take much to jump on a trend and contribute 140 characters. Only the tweeters of the world see it. Soon some dead celebrity or “Goodnight” (which really should be two words, tweeps, unless it’s an adjective) will replace it at the top spot. But it’s momentum. It’s energy. It’s love.

And love is what this fight is all about. Thank you, Twitterverse, for the boost.

Oh, and yay gay!

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