Understanding the key concepts that allow queer individuals to find community and connections on social media platforms.
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3 responses to “Back to Basics: A Roadmap for Finding Queer Connections Online – Aliyah Fairchild”
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Hey Ali! I just wanted to say I found your presentation really engaging. You explained the concepts clearly, especially how participation online helps to build connections and participatory culture. All your ideas blended well together creating a strong argument. Your slides were fun to look at and I loved the colour and fun font!
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Hi Aliyah,
Great presentation; you demonstrated both energy and passion in your talk, selecting two prominent advocates for the LGBTQI+ community.In today’s society, “cancelling” has become a much-used term, with a broader meaning encompassing both “Calling Out” (Ng, 2020) or expulsion (Pa raic, Farries, and Siapera, 2026. p. 207), within your research did you come accross any hate speak, or cancelling associated with either of the two individuals, Josh or Dylan either towards them or their followers or even product endorsements they do or are you aware if there was any hatespeak that this was dealt with by the platform they are on – i.e. Intagram?
The LGBTQI+ community is made up of a number of different sub-sections, Dylan is transgender and Josh is gay. Within your research did you find that LGBTQI+ affirming accounts specifically cater to specific groups within the LGBTQI+ community or did you find there were many accounts that are about those that are questioning their identities and are about guiding others in their journeys or are they predominately using multiple platforms as suggested by Colosi, Cowen, and Todd (2023) to explore their identity?
You talk about a roadmap to finding these communities. Were you able to identify how people typically came across these accounts or searched them out? Were they using specific hashtags or through specific celebrities, or are they looking at groups and then looking to see if they are catered for (Cronesberry and Ward, 2025) or is there a great reliance on algorithms (Myles, Duguay, and Flores Echaiz (2023)?
References
Colosi, Rachela, Nick Cowen, and Megan Todd. 2023. “Sexual and gender identity work on social media.” Sociology compass 17 (6): n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13073.Cronesberry, Kieran, and Luke Ward. 2025. “Exploring gender diverse young adults’ gender identity development in online LGBTQIA + communities.” International Journal of Transgender Health 26 (4): 1164-1176. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2344534. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2344534.
Myles, David, Stefanie Duguay, and Lucia Flores Echaiz. 2023. “Mapping the social implications of platform algorithms for LGBTQ+ communities.” Journal of digital social research 5 (4): 1-30. https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v5i4.162.
Ng, Eve. 2020. “No Grand Pronouncements Here…: Reflections on Cancel Culture and Digital Media Participation.” Television & new media 21 (6): 621-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476420918828.Pa raic, Kerrigan, Farries Elizabeth, and Siapera Eugenia. 2026. Platforming cancel culture : digital media, identity and cultural intersections. London: Routledge.
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Hey Ali， you presentation are so good. You mentioned key concepts that help queer individuals find connections online. Which concept do you think is the most important, and why?
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