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.
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MEET THE GUYS EXPOSG OTHER GAY MEN PARTYG DURG THE PANMIC
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. “Hunker Downers, steer clear, ” @TheGayRona wrote one Instagram post taggg a shirtls fluencer. ”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.