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How queer mutuals on social media helped me combat the teenage well of loneliness

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. My tech-anxious Asian parents knew the quirks of MSN and kept me off the grid when it came to getting a Facebook account (honestly, I’m glad), but they had no idea about

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