Insider reported that even after a year, people were struggling with the ban. As NBC reported, there quickly were complaints that even safe-for-work LGBTQ content was being flagged for removal. There was immediate concern about how that ban would impact LGBTQ people, as well as a lot of eyerolling about Tumblr's position that it would only ban nipples that are "female-presenting." People shared their worries that the ban would take away a safe space for sexual exploration, especially of sexual identities that aren't reflected in the mainstream. "This will kill a small but significant chunk of the internet," BuzzFeed News' Katie Notopoulos wrote at the time.
In 2018, Tumblr banned all NSFW content after being removed from the Apple App Store due to the discovery of child sexual abuse materials on the platform. In Tumblr's history, there have been moments that threatened its reputation as a safe space. "For years we’ve seen LGBTQIA+ Tumblr people feel safe to explore new identities and even come out to their Tumblr community first, and we’ve seen their expressions embraced fully by other people," she said.
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Its respondents said Tumblr provides a relatively safe space to explore identities, especially if you live in an isolated place or don't have access to offline LGBTQ spaces.Ĭhinelo Nwosu, head of social impact at Tumblr, told BuzzFeed News in an email that the company takes pride in being a home for LGBTQ people. An article published in 2017 by researchers Paul Byron and Brady Robards reported that LGBTQ people aged 16 to 35 were using Tumblr more frequently than straight and cisgender folks. This appears to be a long-standing trend. The platform said 48% of people on the platform are Gen Z and, of those people, 1 in 3 identifies as LGBTQ. A spokesperson for Facebook said they had nothing to share, as did a spokesperson for Reddit.ĭespite being a relatively old platform at 14 (in internet years, anyway), Tumblr is still attracting young people. It estimates that 1 in 4 of its users identifies as LGBTQ.īuzzFeed News has reached out to the other platforms referenced for their data on LGBTQ people. According to Tumblr, the people who use its site are 193% more likely to be LGBTQ compared to those on other platforms. Tumblr has declared itself "the queerest place on the internet" based on data it collected comparing its users to those of other platforms, like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitter, and Pinterest. Now, Tumblr says, based on new internal data, it is the go-to destination for LGBTQ teens. LGBTQ people have long used social media as a source of community, whether it was found on early blogs, private forums, or LiveJournal.
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