Facebook has enraged many of its users. The social media giant began disabling profiles that did not appear to have real names. Facebook’s “real name” policy states that users must have the name as it appears on official identification. The policy outraged the LGBT community, including Sister Roma, a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who claims Facebook forced her to change her personal profile to Michael Williams, a name she does not identify with. A protest was planned at the Facebook headquarters but later cancelled when the social media giant had agreed to meet with members of the LGBT community (pictured above).

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Although the real name policy is affecting all users on Facebook worldwide, the LGBT community has immobilized to protect the identity rights for everyone; including abused women, bullied teens, celebrities avoiding stalkers, people with restraining orders against their crazy exes or stalkers, individuals subjected to gay hate crimes, entertainers, transgendered individuals who have changed their names as part of their social transition, mental health professionals who are looking for anonymity from their clients, people who identify as gay and have not come out of the closet and even your dogs Facebook profile is in danger. 

Real name users have also been targeted,     Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva, according to the birth certificate he posted on his account, was forced to change his name with a message stating “your account has been temporarily suspended because it looks like you’re not using your real name.” Chase is gay and his cover photo is of a drag queen performer. Is Facebook targeting the gay community? A protest has begun. #mynameis