Watching the emotional video posted by Lavelle Dunn on his @thelavelleshow TikTok channel you can’t help but wonder if like most things, the potential ban of the social media platform giant, TikTok, will disproportionately effect the Black and Queer like nearly every societal issue has. Although there have always been complaints that the algorithm favors white influencers, BIPOC creators and specially Black, Queer creators have found life changing success and popularity on the platform. Where do they go and what do they do now?

Social media certainly comes with it’s danger and societal ills but it has also become the great equalizer that makes every one a reporter. Recorded videos of police brutality, footage of missing people and broadcasted bad behavior of racists in public have arguably brought more justice to the Black community than any law enforcement agency ever has. The compounded levels of persecution that come with Intersectionality mean that members of the Black LGBTQ community face all of the prejudice and lack of opportunity of Blackness coupled with the homophobia and Transphobia that comes with Queerness. That means fewer opportunities by far, less access to self-promotion whether you are a brand, musician, creator or personality as well as the loss of community that is statically invaluable and life saving for members of marginalized communities. It may sound crazy, but not only may the TikTok ban end people’s careers, it may be the catalyst to some people in crisis, taking their own lives.

(December 4, 2024) - Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, made history today as the 1st Transgender lawyer to argue In front of Supreme Court. Strangio is representing 3 Trans teens and a doctor challenging the constitutionality of the state of Tennessee’s ban on medical intervention for Trans affirming care. As the country anxiously awaits the Supreme Court decision, the looming take-over of Trump's cabinet brings the likelihood that the AG he approves will ban medical transition on a Federal level to very closely resemble the Tennessee ban thats being argued. Over 100 people waited