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Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking

  • Written by Linda Charmaraman, Director of Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley College
Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lackingSocial media can provide ways for LGBTQ youth to learn more about, and stay connected to, their identities.miakievy/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Teens today have grown up on the internet, and social media has served as a space where LGBTQ youth in particular can develop their identities.

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