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This article reflects on intergenerational perspectives on media habits and fake news during Covid‐19. Active participation is closely linked to the citizens' media literacy competencies. Due to the Covid‐19 pandemic, inequalities in access, use, and understanding of the information conveyed by the media became more evident. Digital skills are essential to encourage co‐learning and active ageing among different generations. This article relies on data collected during two online inter-generational focus groups with family pairs of different ages (grandparents and grandchildren) conducted in Portugal in the context of the European project SMaRT‐EU. The focus groups addressed subjects such as news, fake news, critical perspective towards social networks and digital communication, and younger and older people's perspectives regarding these matters. The thematic analysis of the Portuguese data suggests that, by placing grandparents and grandchildren side by side, the online intergenerational focus groups promoted sharing and exchange of knowledge, valuing the intergener-ational encounter and the voices of one of society's most fragile groups. Data also shows that participants have different perspectives on communication and digitally mediated interaction, mainly related to age factors and media literacy skills. As for fake news, although grandparents and grandchildren show awareness of the phenomenon, for the youngest participant it was complex to identify characteristics or the spaces where they are disseminated. The young adult participant was the most proficient and autonomous digital media user. Results further indicate that, although the online environment contributed to continuing research in times of pandemic, bringing together family members with different media literacy skills and ages poses difficulties related to the recruitment of participants. © 2022 by the author(s);licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
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Objective: To reflect theoretically and critically the scenario of the health situation of LGBTI+ people in face of the Covid-19 in the context of a pandemic in Brazil. Method: A theoretical and reflective study structured on the theoretical and analytical framework of gender and empirical findings on the pandemic of the new Coronavirus, causing the Covid-19. It was carried out the unstructured decomposition of findings published in digital media and scientific databases on Covid-19, as well as the intersection with the health of LGBTI+ people, especially in Brazil. Results: There are negative repercussions generated by Covid-19 on the health of LGBTI+ people, which are intensified by biopolitical actions that determine human exposure to vulnerability, denial of rights, discrimination, violence and inequalities, which potentialize health degradation and the human condition. Conclusion: The appearance of Covid-19 precipitates and intensifies the vulnerabilities and inequities in the health of LGBTI+ people, leading them to marginalization and expressive risk to life. © 2021 Universidade Federal da Bahia. All rights reserved.