The LGBTQ+ Guide to Online Safety

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This is why we would like to share a link to a helpful and detailed guide to online safety for the LGBTQ+ community, brought to our attention by Carla Doniva. The online safety guide was published by the site vpnMentor, which is dedicated to internet safety and web privacy. Here are a few facts about the online experiences of LGBTQ+ people according to a survey conducted by vpnMentor:

• 73% of all respondents in all categories of gender identity and sexual orientation have been personally attacked or harassed online.
• 50% of all respondents in all categories of gender identity and sexual orientation have suffered sexual harassment online.
• When it comes to sexual orientation, asexual people feel the least safe online, and gay men the safest.
• When it comes to gender identity, transgender women feel the least safe online, and cisgender men the safest.
• Transgender women are the most likely to be outed against their will online, while cisgender men are least likely.
  

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The purpose of the guide is to provide practical strategies for coping with adversity, bigotry, and abuse on the web. Readers will learn how to change their privacy settings on social media, how to navigate the workplace while queer, where to find blogs, forums and support organizations for LGBTQ+ youth, about safe dating apps, and so much more. 

Whether you are part of the LGBTQ+ community or are an ally, we think you will find the guide useful. 

Click --> vpnmentor.com/blog/lgbtq-guide-online-safety/ <-- to be taken to the guide! And feel free to share it, as we did with you today.