“I’m a closeted youth whose parents are hardcore Mormon. If I lose these resources then I lose a part of myself.” Elliott, an Arkansas child, finds refuge and support in the digital world—a world in which they can safely explore their queerness without the fear of real-world repercussions. This includes the fear of Elliott’s mother shielding them from information and resources that may be lifesaving to a closeted queer child. Another queer youth, Liza, puts it this way: “Sometimes the internet is the only way to find community or to learn the language to explain your experience.” An integral part of the human experience is claiming it for oneself: defining who one is and who one wants to be. This does not start when one turns eighteen. As the Trump administration’s openly hostile executive orders make the physical world more and more difficult for queer and trans people to exist in, online spaces become an important beacon for safety and security.