Palm Springs, CA
There is something strange happening in the waters of X, formerly known as Twitter. Recently, the social media platform suspended over 250 profiles of Pink Media including @GayDesertGuide and @ILoveGay accounts.
The reason for the suspension is unclear. According to Gay Desert Guide writer Matt Skallerud, ” It appears that this mass suspension was based on what they cited as a “user report” claiming we had broken one of the X rules. Which rule we may have violated remains a mystery.”
He went onto say, “Interestingly, our profiles, including ones that were more business-focused and not part of the #ILoveGay network, and a few profiles that hadn’t been used in years, all became suspended at the same exact moment, which can only really be done internally by X. It’s pretty clear that someone inside X had done their homework and this was a well-researched, well-prepared and very intentional takedown of a network of LGBTQ+ X profiles that had well over 1 million followers worldwide. We have also discovered X took down a wide variety of LGBTQ+ tourism profiles, including some very specific to Palm Springs: @GayDesertGuide, @ILoveGayPalmSprings, @OMGPSP, as well as national and international tourism sites like FunMaps, Visit Britain’s GayBritain account and many more.”
Brad Fuhr, CEO of Gay Desert Guide and KGAY 106.5 / 92.1 tearfully announced this at a Desert Business Association meeting Monday night and made it clear that although, the LGBTQ community lives in a bubble in Palm Springs, there are forces trying to undermine the community.
Latest Update As Of Thursday Evening, July 11th at 9:25pm:
CEO of Gay Desert Guide Brad Fuhr said, “There’s been no response from our request to reverse the suspension.”
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