Friends, Loves, & Life
Friends, Loves, & Life
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Real conversations. Meaningful connections. Join me, David Begor, each week as I sit down with a friend to explore love, identity, growth, and the messy beauty of being human. New episodes Wednesday. davidbegor.substack.com
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The podcast explores a variety of themes including love, identity, personal growth, and the LGBTQ+ experience. Episodes cover poignant topics such as self-acceptance, navigating relationships in midlife, the realities of HIV, and the evolution of friendships. Examples include conversations about aging, sexual health outreach, and the joys and challenges of parenthood, all delivered with a mix of depth and light-heartedness.
Real conversations. Meaningful connections. Join me, David Begor, as I sit down with a friend to explore love, identity, and growth, from a queer point of view.
In this solo episode of A Queer POV, David Begor takes apart what Meta has done to the queer community, with receipts.
It starts with a thought experiment. A friend who notices everything you do, knows everything you watch, and one day leans in and whispers that if you keep posting about being queer, they’ll make you invisible. That friend is the Instagram algorithm.
David walks through what’s actually happened: Instagram quietly blocking #gay, #lesbian, and #trans for teens for months in 2024. More than 50 LGBTQ+ organizations shadow banned or shut down across the globe in 2025. Mark Zuckerberg’s January 2025 announcement that gutted hate speech protections, written in plain English, that now allows users to call us mentally ill, abnormal, and “it.” A $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund. The end of Meta’s DEI team three days later.
He covers the free speech lie, the legal precedent that says private companies are not the First Amendment, and the data the Trevor Project has been begging us to look at: anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation among LGBTQ+ youth all climbing. The Los Angeles jury that just found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages. The 2,000 more lawsuits waiting.
This one names names, cites sources, and ends where every solo episode ends. With a choice.
All links and full source list are in the episode’s blog post at davidbegor.substack.com.
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