A powerful hashtag is here to remind us that love is diverse and beautiful.
Last year, the Twitter account @BeautyInColor created the hashtag #POCInLove to bring visibility to relationships between people of color. Last week, the 23-year-old behind the account revived the hashtag for Valentine’s Day.
The photos tweeted by couples so far are unbelievably sweet:
Really, could these two be any cuter?
Some tweets are poetry-filled:
Other people talk about how they had to cross a cultural divide to be together:
The woman behind the hashtag told The Huffington Post that she created the hashtag as a response to the lack of couples of color and LGBT couples portrayed in movies and TV.
“It’s important all types of love are celebrated,” she said. “Relationships are hard as it is but it’s even harder when you’re dealing with racism, homophobia or your families not accepting your partner.”
With this hashtag, “it’s just nice for people to show off the person they’re with and possibly had to fight to be with.”
See more of the adorable couples below:
Long distance doesn't stop my love for him 💕 #PoCInlove pic.twitter.com/JYMBNldiyP
— Jaime (@jaimeeatilano) February 21, 2017
I love your brown skin, your passion for social justice, and your chicano roots. te amo. #Pocinlove pic.twitter.com/KRNUItre1Z
— amy rose ☭🌹♀ (@mamimarx) February 18, 2017
We’ve Fallen For This Viral Celebration of Multiethnic Relationships #PoCInLove https://t.co/bs9g0lEdp3 pic.twitter.com/4NxCcFuTzz
— OkayAfrica (@okayafrica) February 21, 2017
never gonna pass on an opportunity to show off our relationship bc we've been through shit for being together 💖
— Patricia (@pa_tricianoelle) February 20, 2017
filipino-indian #POCinlove pic.twitter.com/HujMCRsYZd
Two queers, unlimited snapchat filters. Mi Media naranja. #pocinlove pic.twitter.com/FBxv0kIc0Y
— Resongona (@marimalcriadaa) February 19, 2017
My Fiancé and cosplay partner. Our babies will be Puerto Rican, Irish and bajan! 🇵🇷🇧🇧🇮🇪#POCinlove pic.twitter.com/9Dp9zZV4I8
— Sunshine sama (@JOYthesunshine) February 19, 2017
my lovely boyfriend and his collection of black shirts ❤️ #PoCInLove pic.twitter.com/mVF03srWUF
— joanna (@holyhentai) February 19, 2017
Black men loving other Black men is still a revolutionary act 🤵🏿🌈🤵🏿 #POCInLove #DomAndNick pic.twitter.com/IV2i4kBLu8
— Nick Gilyard (@MrGilyard) February 21, 2017
~Ethiopian and Palestinian~I saw this and had to show yalls how happy my man makes me, my other half 💖#PocInLove pic.twitter.com/kdkBQsauSQ
— Habashawdy (@newindigo8) February 19, 2017
It's hard to show affection when we're breaking social norms, but hey, progress never comes if we're stagnant and obedient #PocInLove pic.twitter.com/6OgnPnN0Pc
— John Jimenez (@jofhqn) February 20, 2017
Chinese & Mexican & so so very happy. #PoCinlove pic.twitter.com/ORDjWqkXnz
— Jessica Soo (@soopersized) February 21, 2017
i love her so much 💕 #PoCInlove pic.twitter.com/pLUJh518cC
— amina 🏳️🌈 (@aminasleeps) February 20, 2017
brown love is the best love
— adobhoe (@krembrilay) February 18, 2017
❤🇵🇭🇲🇽 #PoCInLove pic.twitter.com/LA2MhRgRfL
6 years and defintely going on forever 💍✨💖 #PoCInLove pic.twitter.com/SqcsguGOjf
— Sam ☀️✨ (@baekhonie) February 18, 2017
Best friends who are in love who sometimes roast eachother #PoCinLove pic.twitter.com/ZPIQ4oHftr
— ㅤ (@ephrata) February 15, 2016
#PoCinLove and to top it off we met at a Trump protest pic.twitter.com/UoeuiaUGY3
— Sad and Boujee (@zoexrain) February 18, 2017
#pocinlove I love hashtags where I can show off my man 😭💞 1 year and five months and many more to come pic.twitter.com/gQJTI136XD
— beatrice (@liciella) February 19, 2017
Flew from Borneo Island about 2 years ago and found him across the South China Sea. #PoCinLove pic.twitter.com/rrZOwSZFNp
— ▫▪ (@miminhsrm) February 18, 2017
his kindness makes me fall in love w him harder everyday. never met such a caring person like him. #PocInLove ❤ pic.twitter.com/n7bnbiiEM8
— bendición (@saintebless) February 18, 2017
#PoCInLove I met him at nerd camp when he beat me at math &I can't stop laughing in any photo I have with him (Singaporean-Chinese & Indian) pic.twitter.com/Z4FYZbgiEv
— amanda (@AmandaNee3) February 18, 2017
It's amazing how fast time flies by, it'll be 2 years in April ❤ #POCinlove pic.twitter.com/bZWXplmkNH
— ♛Yee♛ (@Sweetie_Peetie) February 18, 2017
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