In 2020, TikTok has gained popularity and a notably young base of users.
Datasuggests80 percent of U.S. users are between 16 and 34 years old.
You could literally never see straight TikTok content ever again if you dont want to.

Survival also played a part.
Unfortunately, the pandemic has made that impossible for many people.
So, yeah… theres a lot of pressure to remain in the closet.

Hope Glassman is a therapist in training at the Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center in New York City.
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Amanda, whos more active on the platform, says shes also found salvation through TikTok.
I had such a big queer community at college.
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Like, all my friends are gay, and now Im cut off from literally all of them.
But for queer users?
For Barbara*, 30, McClearlys sentiment is especially on-point.

Im a closeted bisexual woman, and [TikToks] literally my only outlet to meet other queer women.
Ill be gutted if it gets banned.
Instagrams discovery page is the apps afterthought, while for TikTok, its the focus.

Hope Glassman is a therapist in training at the Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center in New York City.
It just doesnt have the same community-building potential.
And that will remain true, no matter TikToks fate.
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