Although from the day of their creation social networks have been exposed to spreading false news and hate messages, they are also characterized as learning platforms where users can interact with content containing social and scientific interests.

This month, because of LGTBIQ + Pride, the short video app TikTok will offer its users a variety of tools and effects that point to the community as part of the “Together, More Pride” campaign. In addition, live sessions will be held in collaboration with NGOs, content creators, and gender specialists, with the goal of educating the public a little more about this social movement.

The short video platform has differentiated itself by creating an inclusive digital space, with content created by people of different backgrounds, countries, ethnicities, and physical characteristics. So it was no surprise that he also joined the fight against the LGTBIQ + movement.

From June 9, the app introduced the hashtag “#LibreDeSer” so that people can upload videos to the social network with this label, tell their experiences and stories about a part of the community or its defender. In addition, there will be color effects and filters to make the content more fun and visually appealing.

However, the social network also said it hopes its users will not use these effects and features in their videos as another tool, but rather they want to It functions as a mechanism to raise the voices of people who are rejected and marginalized because of their gender or sexual orientation. We must remember that this month the movement LGTBIQ + recalls and recalls the various problems they experienced due to their condition.

Similarly, from 9 June, different lives will also be available, which will be an environment for talking about progress and the challenges of diversity and inclusion facing different societies around the world.

This campaign has been joined by various influential and public figures such as Matteo and Matteo, Cristobal Robles, Pete Cantu, Miranda Ann Vivo, Jorge Chacon and many others who have been uploading information about the inclusion and recognition of rights to initiatives throughout the month. LGTBIQ + people, thus creating spaces for dialogue between users.

TikTok is not the first time it has collaborated with social movement-related causes, outside of the internet, they have conducted joint research with various organizations and NGOs on the situation of people who are part of the community in this part of the country. One such NGO on the planet is the Colombian Sergio Urrego Foundation, which works with LGTBIQ + to prevent bullying and suicide in boys and girls.

Similarly, the company has made donations to organizations and community goals around the world.

What the LGTBIQ + community celebrates in June

On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Uprising broke out in New York. That day, during a police raid on a U.S. city bar, people who were on the spot and around it were the victims of violence by the authorities. In the aftermath of the violent incident, members of the public, especially trans women, who were also separated because of African Americans as advocates of various social causes, began to demonstrate against discrimination and hate attacks.

Similarly, the 1960s were a pivotal year for social movements as many of them began to gain strength and recognition in American society, such as the African-American Civil Rights Movement and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

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