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wners of two B owned D.C. fitness studios and one gym signed on to a oint letter :(3"$3"#$&:)#4+$&6$+(H$&3"#4$+('(/14$20+()#++#+$04*()*$K8%8$Q17&4$Q04(#/$D&:+#4$1)<$K8%8$ K#5143'#)3$&6$L#1/3"$K(4#.3&4$K48$C1X01)<41$_#+2(33$3&$/(63$1$.(37$'1)<13#$4#X0(4()*$5134&)+$ of gyms and fitness studios to wear mas s. !"#$O.38$e$/#33#4>$:4(33#)$27$*17$20+()#++'1)$D471)$Q7#4+>$3"#$%\O$1)<$54#+(<#)3$&6$1$ chain of local fitness studios using the trademar name of solidcore , states that the mas '1)<13#>$:"(."$155/(#+$3&$5#&5/#$:"&$14#$60//7$?1..()13#<$6&4$3"#$.&4&)1?(40+>$(+$21+#<$/14*#/7$ on outdated data pertaining to gyms and fitness studios collected prior to the widespread 1?1(/12(/(37$&6$3"#$%O]GK$?1..()#8 MQ&4#$4#/#?1)3$<131$3&$()6&4'$<#.(+(&)Z'1I()*$:&0/<$2#$3&$+30<7$3"#$<131$64&'$3:&>$/14*#$ ortheastern cities that have opted to allow fitness classes to continue with the re uirement &6$?1..()13(&)$()$/(#0$&6$1$'1+I$4#X0(4#'#)3>T$3"#$/#33#4$+313#+8$MG)$2&3"$_#:$R&4I$%(37$1)<$ @"(/1<#/5"(1>$ :"(."$ "1?#$ &53#<$ 6&4$ 3"(+$ 1554&1.">$ :#$ "1?#$ )&3$ +##)$ 1)$ ().4#1+#$ ()$ 3"#$ 341=#.3&47$&6$3"#$K#/31$?14(1)3>T$Q7#4+$+17+$()$3"#$/#33#48 G)$ 3"#$ /1+3$ :##I$ &6$ a0/7>$ 3"#$ [8P8$ %#)3#4+$ 6&4$ K(+#1+#$ %&)34&/$ 1)<$ @4#?#)3(&)$ (++0#<$ 1$ 4#.&''#)<13(&)$ 3"13$ .(3(#+$ 1)<$ /&.1/$ =04(+<(.3(&)+$ :(3"$ dW$ )#:$ %O]GK$ .1+#+$ 5#4$ fWW>WWW$ 4#+(<#)3+$ 5#4$ :##I>$ :"(."$ 13$ 3"13$ 3('#$ ()./0<#<$ K8%8>$ +"&0/<$ 1+I$ 4#+(<#)3+$ 3&$ ?&/0)314(/7$ 4#+0'#$:#14()*$'1+I+$()<&&4+8$!"13$+1'#$:##I>$D&:+#4$1))&0).#<$+"#$:&0/<$*&$&)#$+3#5$ 6043"#4$ 27$ '1)<13()*$ 3"#$ ()<&&4$ 0+#$ &6$ '1+I+$ ()$ '&+3$ 502/(.$ 5/1.#+>$ ()./0<()*$ *7'+$ 1)<$ fitness spas or studios. D&:+#4$1)<$_#+2(33$+1(<$3"#(4$()3#)3(&)$:1+$3&$31I#$(''#<(13#$+3#5+$3&$.0431(/$3"#$+54#1<$ &6$3"#$.&4&)1?(40+$+&$3"13$3"#$.(37$:&0/<$)&3$2#$6&4.#<$3&$4#304)$3&$3"#$60//$+"03<&:)$'&<#>$ ()./0<()*$3"#$./&+()*$&6$20+()#++#+>$3"13$3"#$'17&4$/(63#<$#14/(#4$3"(+$7#148 Q147/1)<$-&?8$C1447$L&*1)$1)<$](4*()(1$-&?8$U1/5"$_&43"1'$1))&0).#<$3"#7$:&0/<$1+I$ 4#+(<#)3+$&6$3"#(4$+313#+$3&$.&)+(<#4$0+()*$'1+I+$()$.4&:<#<$()<&&4$+51.#+$1+$4#.&''#)<#<$ by the CDC, but said they would not re uire mas use. In their letter to Bowser and esbitt, the gym and fitness studio owners called on the mayor 3&$54&?(<#$3"#$+1'#$#H#'53(&)$3&$3"#(4$20+()#++#+$1+$3"#$.(37$"1+$54&?(<#<$6&4$4#+31041)3+>$ bars, and nightclubs, which re uires mas s e cept when patrons are eating and drin ing. M9"(/#$ (3$ (+$ 340#$ 3"13$ 214+>$ 4#+31041)3+>$ 1)<$ ./02+$ 3#.")(.1//7$ "1?#$ 3&$ 6&//&:$ 3"#$ +1'#$ 2 3 ! " !#$ %&'( )*+ ( ,-$./01+2!"!+1*+,/3!44 5! 4 6 4 7 ! " ! -+ 1$ -! (/ #%

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We are hopelessly hoo ed on dangerous social media et me ust put all my cards on the table I en oy aceboo . I get a lot out of it. Instagram, not so much. But I thin that s more of a generational thing. But after recent events, I ust feel a little ic y about it all. I mean, don t !"#$% fter the damning and didn t we now all along Senate testimony by former aceboo employee rances augen, being on aceboo ust seems, well, a little gross. es, I now the irony that I am critici ing aceboo via a column that will ultimately be shared on aceboo , so don t bother pointing that out. he long and short of it evidence shows that aceboo is lying to us all about ma ing any real progress against hate speech, violence, and the spread of misinformation. nd aren t those all red ags for the ueer community Essentially, aceboo isn t ust harmful to the self, but to whole groups and even societies. he parallels between this and the ueer community are obvious ones. gain, aren t our physical safety and overall wellbeing fairly paramount issues for the ueer community a e this one point for e ample the evidence of harm to ourselves by ourselves. ccording to the documents augen supplied, aceboo s sister company Instagram essentially ma es . of teen girls have thoughts of suicide. ave there been any thoughts on how social media might be impacting B teens ccording to the revor ro ect s study, of B teens attempted suicide in the past year. orty percent had thoughts about it. Both numbers are staggeringly high on their own and also staggeringly higher than for their straight counterparts. I would li e to now what role social media plays in this. But, li e augen s Senate testimony, I thin we all now the answer to that already. What with bullying and the spread of hate speech, it simply can t be good. nd that s ust the issue of self harm. What about the other issues of hate speech and misinformation es, the ueer community has en oyed greater social acceptance in merica. But that is by no means universal. a e the plight of trans teens, last year one of the far right s go to punching bags and boogey men this time for the non issue of high school sports. al about the spread of misinformation. I could enlighten us all by doing a deep dive on the right s social presence, spreading their general tal ing points on the trans community, but such an e ercise would be both stomach churning and time consuming. s for ueer adults, I m not sure if things can be much better. ou sometimes hear that life is ust high school with money. o that I would add then gay men can be at times that mean group of eighth grade girls. es, it s true. We can be pretty damn ugly to one another. aceboo and Instagram clearly aren t helping any of this. But can we let it go ren t we all hoo ed Sometimes you ll hear when someone snaps a picture of a group event or party, post it on aceboo or it didn t happen. ranted you don t hear this much anymore as so many fol s, especially younger gays, have drifted off to other platforms, but honestly is there much of a difference nd to post it or it didn t happen Who is that for but those who weren t there Who nows what will happen I mean, what with octogenarian superstars Sens. Chuc rassley and Diane einstein on this, I m sure meaningful reform and oversight are ust over the hori on. aybe it s time we start policing ourselves Demanding better from our community on social media ﬁrst I m wondering what that might loo li e. ntil then, I guess we ll ust eep scrolling, li e we have been doing. ver and over and over.

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