It Gets Better Project leaves Twitter/X because it is too unsafe for LGBTQ+ youth

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The It Gets Better Project has announced that it is leaving Twitter/X because the platform is no longer a safe space for the organization to do its work.

It Gets Better is devoted to empowering LGBTQ+ youth around the world. A statement from the organization posted to Twitter/X said the platform does not allow the team to “safely and effectively do this work, so we are pausing all future content.”

The statement continued, “But, to the 187k+ folks who joined our movement on Twitter/X – you can still find community at itgetsbetter.org and on all of our other social media platforms… Let’s keep the queer joy front and center!”

Ross von Metzke, It Gets Better’s senior director of communications and public relations, told Advocate that it has become virtually impossible to…

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