How to build a better relationship with the news as a LGBTQIA+ person

#QueerAF | by national student pride by QueerAF CIC

Jul 13, 202653:37Education

News overwhelm is an increasing issue, making more and more of us switch it off - four in ten of us now say we selectively avoid the news. But this is at a time when we need to be even more keyed into what's happening -...

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