Petition urges Facebook to end discrimination against gay images

A petition urging Facebook to end discrimination against the LGBT community has been created after the site removed a picture of two men kissing for “violating community standards”.

According to photographer Michael Stokes, a picture of two male police officers kissing was removed from his profile by Facebook after an anonymous user had reported the image for being “inappropriate”.

The image was reinstated within 24-hours following a complaint from Stokes, who later made a statement on Facebook saying that a similar thing has happened to him on numerous occasions.

Post by Michael Stokes Photography.

Although the image was reinstated, a petition – which has already achieved over 25,000 signatures – was created which urges the social media giant to end the unfair discrimination against images featuring same-sex couples.

Make no mistake, this is harassment, bullying, bigotry, homophobia and prejudice. Facebook’s same rules and regulations do nothing about the fact that there are countless pictures of female nudity on Facebook, which are more porn than artistry. Yet many photographs of males, even if artistic in nature and something that would be permitted on cable television, are being reported by unknown suspects. The victims include Artists, Authors, Gay couples, breast feeding mothers and I am sure countless of others. The situation is ridiculous and needs to be stopped.

You can sign the petition here.

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