This gay couple are sharing a kiss a day to fight homophobia
By Will Stroude
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Less than two months have passed since Omar Mateen entered Orlando’s Pulse LGBT nightclub and killed 49 people.
It was that devastating turn of events which led German-American Denis Farr to take to Instagram day right the attack with the intention of fighting anti-gay hate by posting one picture a day of him and his partner, Pete Eusch, exchanging a kiss.
Seven weeks later and his #TwoMenKissing e-campaign is still up and running, and almost a quarter of the way towards his the 365-picture milestone he set himself, the Daily Beast reports.
“It felt like if I wanted to make a comment on how this is rare enough to be able to establish such a strong reaction, I’d rather respond by flooding through with a lot of pictures,” Denis said.
“If posting these will normalise gay and same-sex love, I will keep doing it.”
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He also mad the point that gay men are still met with fear and stigma when they venture outside of their own private spaces.
“Despite living in a Chicago neighbourhood that has many LGBTQ establishments and is very friendly otherwise, my boyfriend and I can still have slurs yelled at us for just holding hands.”
He adds: “There are moments when Pete and I will just pause and exchange a moment of acknowledgment that we may be in a place where we may not be safe (…) It’s that internal safety indicator that I’m assuming most minorities experience.
“It serves as a reminder to me how how certain privileges of my own allow me to move through spaces in a different manner”.
Words: Salomé Baudino
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