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How online queer mutuals helped me combat the teenage well of loneliness

Finding your community – whether online or IRL – can make all the difference. Zoya Raza-Sheikh reflects on how internet friendships helped them navigate their identity. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN You’re not supposed to overshare online, not really. Growing up with the internet, I often got warned of its dangers: talking to strangers, passing out private information and the frightening permanency of anything I posted.  Still, as a bored teen, I did what most 14-year-olds did at the time – I created a Twitter account.…

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