Queer spaces in social media are ever in flux. We may have seen the physical spaces diminish, but only because they have moved online (Dahl “Youth Media is Coming Out”). This shift creates more global, even regional connection between queer and questioning youth and allies wherein they can explore themselves and their cultural contexts without an inherent fear of persecution.
Being able to share our stories online has been essential in learning about ourselves, the “becoming” Bryson and MacIntosh refer to in Youth, MySpace, and the Interstitial Spaces of Becoming and Belonging. Finding a sense of one’s self is essential to feeling comfortable within our own unique cultural contexts. So while my friend and I might live in the same neighborhood, he may have more trouble coming out to his family than I did mine, despite our mutual anxiety.
When we think of social media, now, for this part of the world the first thing we think of is Facebook. Then maybe Twitter, instagram, 
and any other number of sites popping up to ride the latest bubble. Before social media, coming out was more of a step-by-step process: you came out to a trusted friend, maybe even a parent-type. Then you worked your way down the list of those you really wanted to know, and those from whom it still needed to kept. It was a highly selective endeavor.
Now, you can post a line on Facebook and be done with it. 
The whole world knows. A relationship status update to include your same-sex partner is just as indicative, and doesn’t even need words.
We create online support groups, chats, hangouts, even stories, music, and movies to represent ourselves and our lives. Political movements have been born and flourished on social media pages.
We can connect with people from around the world: if you have an internet connection and inspiration, you can post anything to the web. Someone will see it, and will take it and run. Creating places for each other to congregate without having to cross borders and oceans can lend itself to the support of that one person who’s come out in their small community and is facing persecution. It can help us build ourselves up as we search for ourselves in the videos and written media we seek out. Social media — Facebook, Tumblr, MySpace (though mostly defunct), Instagram, Vine — has increased the saturation of all of these mediums by making it so easy to create our own aggregate a la HuffPo, etc. And you don’t even have to make regular blog posts to keep people interested.