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Published 11:53 13 Jun 2016 BST
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After reading this statement, Hollywood producer and illustrator Shadi Petosky felt compelled to share a collage of men kissing.“This had nothing to do with religion.” https://t.co/05UBkhsbUZ
— Her.ie (@Herdotie) June 13, 2016
Two men kissing. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/XSzQry1x4Q — Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) June 12, 2016The hashtag #TwoMenKissing was born. Twitter quickly followed in Shadi's footsteps, as users shared intimate snaps under the hashtag.
#TwoMenKissing#loveislove#Orlando#gaypride pic.twitter.com/U1KBcsYZKf — Adrian+Shane (@AdrianAndShane) June 12, 2016
My husband & I at wedding reception, 2008. If you don't like this, you're like a terrorist. Congrats. #twomenkissing pic.twitter.com/8TslauuyKG — Jon Collins (@jeezjon) June 13, 2016The hashtag #TwoMenKissing, as well as #GaysBreakTheInternet, trended on Twitter, with people showing solidarity to the friends, family and loved in Orlando, and the LGBTQ community worldwide. Petosky, a transgender woman who earned notoriety last year after taking to the social media platform following an incident with Transportation Security Administration (agents stopped her because of an "anomaly" in an X-ray scan image), lost followers as a result of uploading the original #TwoMenKissing tweet. The perfect response.
Important today to share images of #TwoMenKissing so I dug this out from the vault: my wedding day pic.twitter.com/06RhAHfko6 — Walter Wittich (@WalterWittich) June 13, 2016
Oh look, two men kissing. GET USED TO IT!#twomenkissing pic.twitter.com/tN47wVtUh5 — Johan van Berkel (@JohanvanBerkel) June 12, 2016
#LoveIsLove #twomenkissing #OrlandoStrong pic.twitter.com/bu8CopiZB1 — Daniel MacKinnon (@mrdmack) June 13, 2016
I lost about 200 followers after posting photos of #twomenkissing. So now I'm just responding to egg avatars with that. — Shadi Petosky (@shadipetosky) June 12, 2016
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