The Gays Are Baring It All On This New Twitter Feature

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Love it or hate it, Twitter is one of the ways we connect with friends, families, and (most importantly) hot strangers on the internet — and now the platform has rolled out a feature that is going to make that latter category even hotter.

We’re of course talking about Circles, which allows users to make posts visible only to specific followers, similar to “Close Friends Story” on Instagram or the “Private Story” on Snapchat.

Gays on Twitter immediately recognized its potential — potential for sharing nudes, that is.

Now, if you have a group of followers or friends who are thirsting for one another, or just want the occasional saucy photo, it’s as easy as creating a circle and dropping in those D pics.

What could possibly go wrong? A stray public photo that was meant to go in Circles only here. Some gay drama that was meant for the Circles only, there. It’s about to get messy. We can’t wait, and neither can gay Twitter, which is sounding off on social media about it.

\u201cMy feed is \ud83d\udfe2 and \ud83c\udf51 this morning #circles\u201d
— Ken Obi (@Ken Obi) 1661866875

\u201cHello queers and their #circles \ud83d\udfe2\u201d
— \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 Alex \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 Alex \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1661920223

\u201cCircles seem to be festooned with genitals. This is not a complaint. #circles\u201d
— David/D\u00e2i/Dave Morgan \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f (@David/D\u00e2i/Dave Morgan \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f) 1661938796

\u201c\u26a0\ufe0f\u26a0\ufe0f Who's going to first mess up & accidentally post outside of their circle?\n\nOops! #circles #gaycircles #gay #gays\u201d
— Mr.Randy.Man \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Mr.Randy.Man \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1661955780

\u201cgay TLs now that everyone has circles\u201d
— boy troy who bore me (@boy troy who bore me) 1661870016

\u201cTwitter gays* in each others comments begging to be added to circles\u201d
— christophim (@christophim) 1661869343

\u201cTwitter: Here is this cool new feature to better connect with your friends!\nGays: *nudes*\u201d
— Danny (@Danny) 1661869280

\u201cTwitter: Circles for everyone!\n\nGay Twitter:\u201d
— Ryan James Dee \uea00 (@Ryan James Dee \uea00) 1661868033

\u201cgay twitter today \ud83d\udfe2\u201d
— grant\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb1 (@grant\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\uddb1) 1661882540

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Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.

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