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GLAAD recently announced the findings of its first-ever index of LGBTQ user safety on social media, determining that Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are "effectively unsafe" due to harassment of, and misinformation about, the queer community. The original plan had been to give each platform a letter grade, according to GLAAD, the New York-based LGBTQ media watchdog group, but this was scrapped when staffers realized that the leading social media platforms would have all received an F. GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis stated that while other marginalized communities a...

Social media sites are "categorically unsafe" for queer users, the damning report found (Manan VATSYAYANA/AFP/ Getty) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are all “categorically unsafe” for LGBT+ people, according to a damning new study from GLAAD. GLAAD had originally planned to give grades for each site as part of a new social media safety index, but this was scrapped when it became apparent “they’d all fail, quite frankly”. “They are categorically unsafe, across the board,” GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said in an interview with For the report, GLAAD’...

View Comments APPLETON - After facing a two-week backlash from the community, the Common Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning xenophobia, racism and anti-Asian violence. The resolution seeks to prevent the anti-Asian rhetoric and hate crimes that have intensified in the past year as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have been scapegoated for the coronavirus pandemic, and it encourages Appleton to become a more welcoming, inclusive community. "Let's be a city known for unity and love for one another," said council member Maiyoua Thao, who introduced ...

By Robert Kennedy Apr 23, 2021 3:34 AM APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – You may see fewer lawn mowers in Appleton and Oshkosh this May. Residents can grow their grass out for the month without being fined as part of “No Mow May.” Typically, grass cannot be longer than eight inches. It’s all to help the bees. “Up to a third of the food we eat is produced as a direct result of pollination. That’s a huge impact that it has on our food industry and crops,” Alex Schultz, Appleton alderperson and Pollenablers co-chair, said. Schultz tells FOX 11 this is Appleton...

By Robert Kennedy Apr 23, 2021 3:34 AM APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – You may see fewer lawn mowers in Appleton and Oshkosh this May. Residents can grow their grass out for the month without being fined as part of “No Mow May.” Typically, grass cannot be longer than eight inches. It’s all to help the bees. “Up to a third of the food we eat is produced as a direct result of pollination. That’s a huge impact that it has on our food industry and crops,” Alex Schultz, Appleton alderperson and Pollenablers co-chair, said. Schultz tells FOX 11 this is Appleton...