“People are replying saying that the picture made their day and that they didn’t know there was love for people like them.”
“The responses have been awe-inspiring,” Hightower, a 26-year-old cancer research coordinator, told NBC News. We are at the 1 year and 8month mark and still going strong!'
'The black, gay, and happy gworls are out here! We live together and have two cats. 'Posting this because representation matters,' stated Hightower. It also included an inspiring message about the importance of visibility. The photograph of Hightower and his boyfriend Ahdeem Tinsley kissing has since received over 12,000 retweets and over 100,000 likes as of the time of the article's publication. Inspired by seeing another black gay couple post a picture on Twitter, Tyler Hightower did the same on October 1st in order to take a stand for representation. A photograph of two black gay men kissing has gone viral.
