This comic book artist has gone viral by creating the perfect response to homophobes
Homophobia comes in all shapes and sizes.
It can be violent, abusive and terrifying, but even a steady drip, drip, drip can do enormous damage on its targets.
In any situation, itās the worst ā but sometimes, thereās an excellent comeback.
Sometimes, thereās a particularly excellent way of fighting back.
Jermaine Dickerson, an illustrator and graphic designer from Detroit, Michigan, found one such way ā and it was wonderfully simple.
It all began when Jermaine, an outspoken social activist, tweeted a call for more black, female superheroes.
He added: āLetās also not forget to spotlight the experiences and stories of LGBTQ black folk.
āWeāll get some of that in #BlackLightning and maybe #BlackPanther, but only with supporting characters.
āI want a queer af black superhero. The world is ready, wouldnāt you agree?ā
Of course we would, but not everyone would do.
One hater responded by simply quote-tweeting this wish for 2018 with a single word.
āNoā.
āThis is hilarious,ā Jermaine responded.
āCishet folks really go out of their way to show their disapproval of black queer representation.ā
But the homophobes werenāt done there.
āLiterally nobody wants a gay superhero bro,ā one told him.
āComics are fine as it isā.
And Jermaine had the perfect comeback.
āRT if you want to see more gay superheroes on film,ā he said, simply.
And the reaction was huge.
A lot of people agreed with him, as it turns out.
More than 100,000, in fact.
The homophobe was silenced.
āYou there? Mic check one two, one two,ā Jermaine tweeted at him afterwards, highlighting the way heād defeated him.
And he added to his followers that everyone in the community deserves representation.
āI also want to express that I would love to see ALL members of the LGBTQ community represented as the superheroes we are ā¤ļø,ā he wrote.
