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Byte Me #17: LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia, straight allyship, and Twitch predators


Subscribe to our monthly Byte Me newsletter NOW! Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 This month, we’re handing the Byte Me reigns over to Grlzwave for a takeover! Enjoy (: [Read: Byte Me #16: Breonna Taylor, police surveillance, and virtuencers] ~ Grlzwave is a feminist multimedia platform from Georgia, created by three friends: Atina, Sopho, and me, Tekla (I’m TNW’s former video producer — you might remember me from my Big Spam takeover on 90’s Georgian music). We fight against stereotypes, dogmas, and inequality. Grlzwave is all about getting young people to aspire to societal change so they can live in a world…

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