Twitter has suspended popular gay accounts and people are not happy

A number of popular Twitter accounts have been suspended, without warning from the site and people are not happy.

Both the Common Gay Boy account and DCHomos account have been removed, without warning on Twitter, leaving people questioning the decision.

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CommonGayBoy, which was a satirical, comedy, pop culture account had nearly 240,000 followers before it was suspended last month. The account had been running from 2013.

DCHomos is an award-winning account which has also been suspended. However the owners of the account, Instagrammed Twitter’s apparent reason for suspending the account at the end of August. The owners said, “Gawd damn it Despacito lol. Apparently, you can’t post a video where Despacito is playing in the background or @twitter will suspend you. Be back soon! ”

Gawd damn it Despacito lol. Apparently you can’t post a video where Despacito is playing in the background or @twitter will suspend you. Be back soon! Lol

A post shared by The DCHomos (@dchomos) on Aug 31, 2017 at 4:29am PDT

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The suspensions have left some fans frustrated, with some users questioning the motives behind the deletions.

@cgbposts and @dchomos are still suspended and gay twitter is not at peace. pic.twitter.com/PTJWGYuoY1

— ? (@brightfireworks) September 5, 2017

Twitter suspended CGBposts and PopCrave. Twitter really is homophobic. pic.twitter.com/j94pfnZgLR

— E? (@scammerswift) September 6, 2017

that’s just homophobic @CGBPosts @Twitter pic.twitter.com/sJmuzhp9bV

— anthony (@otowndrow) September 13, 2017

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@cgbposts was suspended… who did this. wtf

— ben (@benlojacono) September 9, 2017

@CGBPosts just got suspended that’s it for me, Bye Twitter.
The fuck is wrong with people this account was hilarious as fuck #Shook #BoiBye pic.twitter.com/sd7kesk5xL

— Lyès (@Moustiboy) September 4, 2017

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wait why the fuuuuckkkk is @CGBPosts suspended AGAIN???? HOW? WHY? Yet Trump tweets hatred every damn day!!?!? pic.twitter.com/6IUyOEkrhF

— Sassy Quotes (@SassyQuotations) August 31, 2017

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When users visit the respective accounts, they are advised that the pages have been suspended for breaking Twitter’s rules, which includes, spamming, an account which has been hacked, or one that has sent abusive tweets or behaviour.

THEGAYUK.com reached out to Twitter and GayCommonBoy for comment.

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