No Homophobes

Another awesome gay data viz that deserves a shoutout! NoHomophobes is a project out of University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services that has been tracking homophobic language on Twitter for years now! The interface features a real-time counter for 4 homophobic terms, a scrolling ticker for the actual tweets (some are really hateful, be careful), and …

Fucks on Twitter

Not necessarily LGBTQ+ themed, but I feel like there is some sort of connection between having the courage to live as your authentic self and saying the word “fuck” alot. Something about realness or honesty or freedom, maybe? Feel free to disagree. I really just want an excuse to share this (cause I am still extremely amused). For pure entertainment, …