Gay men are g Instagram to name and shame those attendg big parti durg the panmic. We spoke to those behd the acunts — and those who've been targeted.
Contents:
- MEET THE GUYS EXPOSG OTHER GAY MEN PARTYG DURG THE PANMIC
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- #GAYSOVERCOVID: MASKLS PARTI LEAD TO RIFT WH LGBTQ MUNY
- IN D.C., GAY BARS AND DIV LEAD A WAVE OF BS REQUIRG PROOF OF VACCATNS
MEET THE GUYS EXPOSG OTHER GAY MEN PARTYG DURG THE PANMIC
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For four days, he chewed sleep to obssively scroll through social media and sort through hundreds of tips he’s received as part of his secret missn: e Instagram to name and shame other gay men who are partyg durg the panmic.
“No part of is anger on my end, ” said the man behd @TheGayRona, a California tech dtry worker, who like others this story asked not to be intified, fearg he would bee a social media target himself. ”@TheGayRona is one of several recent so-lled COVID vigilante acunts aimed at self-policg the behavr of the gay muny durg the ronavis panmic.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * gays over covid instagram *
“Hunker Downers, steer clear, ” @TheGayRona wrote one Instagram post taggg a shirtls fluencer.
#GAYSOVERCOVID: MASKLS PARTI LEAD TO RIFT WH LGBTQ MUNY
#GaysOverCOVID: The Social Drama of LGBTQ Reprentatn on Instagram * gays over covid instagram *
”Most of the drama has been taloged on the Instagram acunt @GaysOverCovid, which has amassed more than 115, 000 followers and spawned several smaller imators. “A public fom is better bee sparks change, or at least attempts to, ” the gay man his late twenti nng the acunt told reporters Taylor Lorenz and Alex Hawgood. ) In recent weeks, @GaysOverCovid played tective by checkg people’s Facebook lotn and even Venmo history to place them Puerto Vallarta, Mexi, and R Janeiro, Brazil, which over the New Year’s Eve perd hosted circu parti — all-night rav wh a reputatn for dg e and few sexual boundari — i.
IN D.C., GAY BARS AND DIV LEAD A WAVE OF BS REQUIRG PROOF OF VACCATNS
They’re gog out on Instagram, postg stori, flntg them floutg guil, ” said a mid-thirti healthre dtry worker who is one of the four people behd @BostonGaysOverCovid, which has been exposg the behavr of that cy’s gay muny. ”But the acunts have ed tensn the gay muny.
One man offered a $500 reward on a circu party Facebook group for the inty of whoever’s behd @GaysOverCovid, tellg Lorenz and Hawgood the acunt was “like Salem Wch huntg. There was briefly even a @GaysOverGaysOverCovid acunt set up to h back at “public shamg, cyberbullyg, and stigma. ” (That acunt naturally prompted a @GaysOverGaysOverGaysOverCovid.