#MeQueer, the LGBT+ Version of #MeToo, Takes Off

The hashtag, #MeQueer, has taken off across twitter as the LGBT+ community shares experiences of abuse, assaults, threats, and violence.

The hashtag sprung from Brandenburg-based writer, Hartmut Schrewe, Reuters reports.

“I had had enough. I wrote about this on Twitter and then the hashtag went viral,” he said.

“I never expected #MeQueer to get so big… It is wonderful that so many queer people have shared their experiences.

“We need to be more visible and loud,’ he continued. ‘I hope this can reach Uganda, where being queer can kill you, or countries like Russia, Indonesia, Iran or Turkey, where being queer is so dangerous.”

The tweets covered topics as wide-ranging as coming out to LGBT+ portrayals in the media.

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