Tony Posnanski (tonyposnanski) SeptemThe Ted Cruz the media doesnt want you to. So without further ado, let's take a look at five awesome, diverse LGBTQ accounts to follow on Twitter. Only in 2017 would Ted Cruz be the number one Trending Topic on 9/11 for liking porn on Twitter. I can read a short tweet about a topic - say, gay marriage or queer youth homelessness in Seattle - and decide whether or not I want to continue exploring the topic by replying, clicking any links provided, exploring hashtags, or doing research on my own. The goal of these spam accounts, all of which are pretending to be women, seems to be the same as their Instagram counterparts: to get you to visit a sketchy porn site that will then ask for your. And Twitter is also great for another, slightly more obvious reason, too: Succinctness. One reason Twitter is one of my favorite platforms on which to follow LGBTQ figures is that its users frequently post on a wide and varied array of topics that are important to them and the communities in which they are involved it's therefore relatively easy to find people who inhabit the same communities as you do, which helps bring people together even if they're not geographically in the same place. As a queer woman of color who grew up and went to college in predominantly white communities, I tend not to be surrounded by too many people who share the same identities as mine as a solution, I usually turn to social media to find like-minded people, ideas that help me expand and explore my identities, and conversations I can count on to be inclusive and intersectional. Pride Month is fast approaching, so in preparation for the most LGBTQ-friendly month of the year, let's talk about some of the best LGBTQ Twitter accounts to follow to brush up on your LGBTQ news, queer theory, and general gay wittiness.