FL Lt. Gov's Anti-Gay Comments Spark New Visibility Campaign
The Huffington Post
10 months 1 week ago
Note from GLAAD
Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community PartnershipsDays after Florida's Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll tried to defend herself against sexual assault allegations by using anti-gay rhetoric, LGBT allies and advocates launched a new Twitter campaign to raise visibility on the diversity of queer women. From the article: "In response to Carroll's statements, [Huffington Post] tweeted for lesbian women to post pictures of themselves on Twitter with the hashtag #ThisIsWhatALesbianLooksLike, to show, as one respondent put it, that lesbians come in "all colors, all sizes, all hairstyles!"
Be sure to also read "Dear Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll: Yes, you do look like a lesbian" written by Equality Florida's Founding Executive Director Nadine Smith on TheGrio.com