Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Social media bans are blunt instruments that harm and censor LGBTQIA+ people

Understand the LGBTQIA+ headlines and keep track of the latest queer content and perspectives. The QueerAF newsletter is written by Jamie Wareham and a different queer creative each week.

💬 This week:

• Social Media Ban: We look at campaigners’ warnings that a social media ban could do more harm than good, and disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ youth.
• NHS Battleground: Employment tribunals against the NHS from gender-critical employees are stacking up. We connect the dots behind the stories.
• Nan knows best: Grandparents are often underestimated in the fight for queer rights. For our Inclusive Journalism Cymru scheme, Taya Mwah sets out why we shouldn’t forget them in the fight ahead. 

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Social media ban is "reactionary measure" that will harm LGBTQIA+ youth, campaigners warn

TLDR: A social media ban would disproportionately affect LGBTQIA+ young people, who rely on the platforms to connect with other queer people in ways that their heterosexual counterparts aren’t reliant on, campaigners are warning.