Civil Liberties

New Site Tracks Homophobia on Twitter

Real-time website picks up on the use of terms like "dyke" and "faggot"

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WHAT'S in an epithet? It would seem that the social currency of homophobia is disappearing quickly. But lest you get too optimistic, a new site has the numbers in, and they don't look great. See for yourself: NoHomophobes.com has a real-time tracker of homophobic language on Twitter.