How young LGBTQIA+ people used social media to thrive during COVID lockdowns
- Written by Benjamin Hanckel, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University
During COVID-19 lockdowns, a major concern for LGBTIQ+ communities, mental health professionals and academics was that young lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning, intersex and asexual+ people may suffer from being stuck in transphobic, biphobic or homophobic households.
But encouragingly, our research found these young people...





