It’s no surprise that many tech companies aren’t fond of Donald Trump, but gay supporters of the billionaire are claiming that Twitter silenced them and stopped their hashtag from trending.
#GaysForTrump began trending Tuesday. Members of the LGBT community tweeted the hashtag to let the world know that a sizable part of the voting bloc support for Trump, especially since the Orlando shooting.
After just an hour of trending, #GaysForTrump plummeted from the list of trending hashtags, was removed from autospell, and Twitter suggested that supporters of the billionaire really meant to look for the search term #LGBTHatesTrumpParty.
Incredible.
Twitter has censored #GaysForTrump from auto-complete and search and has promoted #LGBTQHatesTrumpParty pic.twitter.com/xhlCRQ5Vmh— CriticallySmugSage (@PunishedSage) June 15, 2016
Twitter has blocked #GaysForTrump from auto complete @Nero pic.twitter.com/G6eJApDyfj
— John Dwyer (@JohnVDwyer) June 14, 2016
@guypbenson @twitter
Not only do they censor #GaysForTrump but also put this in their Search suggestions pic.twitter.com/Sd5WpOGnEY— ⎈ saïonara ⎈ (@claudiaohmd) June 15, 2016
Despite their efforts to suppress the LGBT supporters of the Republican nominee, they continued to tweet that they weren’t unicorns, weren’t going to be victims of a jihadist terrorist attack, and were going be loud, proud, and support Trump.
#LGBTQHatesTrumpParty and others trying to tell me I don’t exist. There are thousands of us & growing! #GaysForTrump pic.twitter.com/NAAnDfIZU6
— The Fabulous JB (@jb_fabulous) June 15, 2016
#lesbiansfortrump #gaysfortrump We do exist! Vote for @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/h40RUZtxxf
— CatherineNichols_Art (@Catherine_CNA) June 13, 2016
I am a proud supporter of Trump. Wherever you are, don’t be afraid to support him. We stand with you! #GaysforTrump pic.twitter.com/SaM8T7Z1CP
— Nestor Moto Jr (@nestormotojr) June 14, 2016
#GaysForTrump trended & twitter censored it w/ #LGBTQHatesTrumpParty they are silencing gay people. LET GAYS SPEAK ☮?
— AstroPunk (@Stray_Arrows) June 15, 2016
#GaysForTrump being censored. Apparently our voices only matter if we agree with the left. You lost our vote when you sided with Islam.
— Caleb M Golden. (@calebgolden95) June 15, 2016
We do exist. #GaysForTrump pic.twitter.com/qBejK1OG6I
— #NeverHillary (@ScottPresler) June 13, 2016
