Just in time for Pride Month YouTube removed our channel without any warning.
The reason? Our videos on Sexuality, queer realities of life and Safer sex would violate guidelines on "sex and nudity" - and were allegedly "a danger for the community".
That's a slap in the face - and not just for us,
but for allwho are in favour of Education, visibility and sexual health use.
We say: We will not put up with this.
Our work has a clear public mandate:
Empower people. Educate people. Promote safer sex.
Making gender identities visible.
We make no porn.
We make Empowerment - for gay, bi+, trans and queer people.
We now even have to write terms like "sex" with two Gs ("segg") or disguise them with special characters - just so the algorithm doesn't block us.
What now?
We will continue. Loud. Visible. Uncomfortable.
We will not be silenced.
Our work is important - and we are continuing it.
We tell you exactly what happened in the video below:
Explanation of the video
Campaign management: Jonathan Gregory
Press and public relations: Chris*tian Gaa
Just in time for Pride Month, the German AIDS Service Organisation's prevention channel was deleted from YouTube. In this video, Jonathan explains the background and how this could have happened. Chris from the press department explains why the channel is so important for queer health education.
For press enquiries and further information, please contact us by e-mail. christian.gaa@dah.aidshilfe.de
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