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Anti-LGBTQIA+ changes to social media platforms leave users grappling with whether to stay
The changing social media landscape has caused some LGBTQIA+ people to think about leaving platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, while others are choosing to stay for lack of alternatives.
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, announced policy changes on Jan. 7 that exit LGBTQIA+ users more vulnerable to loathe speech. The changes include reductions in content moderation, a suspension of Meta’s fact-checking program, and hate speech policy updates that now allow users to call being trans a mental illness, an example listed in Meta’s announcement.
Jenni Olson, the senior director of the Social Media Protection Program at GLAAD, an organization that advocates for LGBTQIA+ representation in media, said that GLAAD worked with Meta 15 years ago to help the company improve its LGBTQIA+ hate speech policies and that Meta would regularly solicit its input. Meta didn’t consult GLAAD about the latest policy changes.
“This set of moves—which includes hate speech policies that actually include anti-LGBTQ+ dislike within them, product changes including decrease
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Last month saw the Gay & Womxn loving womxn Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) release its first-ever Social Media Safety Index. As CEO Sarah Kate Ellis notes in the report’s press release, the first intention of the investigate was to grade five of the most famous social media platforms on safety and inclusion for queer people. When researchers realized their criteria would lead to every platform receiving a failing grade, they reworked the results into more of an industry report with recommendations for improvement.
The report is a call-to-arms to great tech, a public accountability maneuver backed by information. It’s a tried-and-true formula for GLAAD, having created similar structures for journalism and television, and historically it works — particularly when GLAAD measures year over year change.
My worry is that the tagline “no social media platform is reliable for queer people” will be what sticks and gets decontextualized from all of this. Social media is unsafe, sure, and there’s the added side effect that too much screen time can alter our brains.
But for homosexual people, particularly young people, apps and screen occasion are lifelines. They were my lifeline. Social medi
The LGBTQ+ Media Landscape: From Social Media to Streaming, Podcasts to Print
As the LGBTQ+ population in the United States continues to grow, reaching 7.6% of adults in 2023, kind their media consumption habits and preferences becomes increasingly important for marketers and content creators. This article explores the diverse media landscape of the Diverse community, from their social media engagement to streaming preferences, podcast consumption, and traditional media usage.
For additional detail, and for a full list of sources, please make sure to download the full report: LGBTQ+: Audience Insights Report.
/// Demographics and General Media Trends
Before delving into specific media channels, it's vital to understand the demographic makeup of the Gay population. The community skews younger, with 62.7% under 35 years old. They are predominantly female (64.4%) and more racially diverse than the general population. This younger demographic influences their media consumption patterns, with a clear favor for digital and social media platforms over traditional media outlets.
LGBTQ+ adults are heavy users of social media and podcasts, spending 48% mor
LGBTQ+ social media platforms center on queer spaces, community connection
A gay guy living in a rural area has recently advance out of the closet and is looking for LGBTQ+ friends; a queer woman has moved to a new city where she hopes to find a local queer femme social group; a nonbinary person has started hormone replacement therapy and wants to share the changes they’re undergoing with others.
For these individuals, LGBTQ+-centered social media platforms can be a lifeline in terms of offering the types of community connections they’re pursuing – particularly if they involve safe, supportive interactions with community members and allies.
“It is so crucial for folks to be able to connect with each other safely and to not be subjected to hate and harassment or suppression of our content,” noted Jenni Olson, GLAAD’s senior director of its Social Media Shelter Program, in a Zoom video chat with the Bay Area Reporter.
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Two queer-founded and focused apps, Lex and Footprint, have LGBTQ+ users in mind when it comes to their platforms’ aims, features, and communi
Social Media’s Positives and Pitfalls for Homosexual Youth
For LGBTQ+ communities worldwide, social media platforms have change into crucial spaces in providing acceptance, connection, and access to important resources. While the internet and social media platforms have the potential to create positive experiences for Homosexual individuals, there are also significant downsides, particularly related to body image and cyberbullying.
Dr. Eliza Byard, Executive Director of the Gay, Queer woman , and Straight Learning Network (GLSEN), emphasizes the impact of the internet on young people's lives, especially LGBTQ+ youth who are highly connected online.
“The Internet impacts almost all aspects of our lives, but is particularly entrenched in the lives of youth, who are the most linked people online in our society. LGBT youth continue to face extraordinary obstacles in their day-to-day lives whether at school or online, but the Internet can be a valuable source of information and sustain when they contain no one or nowhere else left to turn to. As social media evolve, so must our efforts to serve LGBT youth to ensure their safety, health, and well-being.”
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