Captured at a party and posted on the social media platform TikTok in August, these images have sparked a wave of hatred against the LGBTQ+ community in Ethiopia. At the same time, influencers on social media have gone on to reveal the sexual identity of LGBTQ+ individuals who had been concealing it. He himself is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and has cut off all ties with non-LGBTQ+ family members for security reasons. Protesting against TikTokFaced with this situation, LGBTQ+ individuals organize support and defend themselves. The social media platform's moderators were slow to suspend such accounts, citing a lack of staff who understand Amharic, the most widely spoken official language in Ethiopia.
