The term 'queer' has been used to refer to individuals who identify themselves outside of heterosexual norms since the 1990s. Queer people can be bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer,...
Digital Anonymity Empowers LGBT Youth in Identity Exploration
While digital anonymity can be useful for LGBTQ+ individuals seeking supportive communities online, it also creates new challenges...
Media outlets like newspapers, magazines, television shows, social media platforms, and online publications play a significant role in shaping public opinion and attitudes towards LGBT individuals....
Pride events are an important way for LGBTQ+ communities to celebrate their identity and culture.
There is always the risk that these events may become too commercialized or tokenistic, which...
Today, millions of people are using online networks to seek emotional and psychological support for their sexual orientation, preferences, and gender identity. Online networks such as Facebook,...
The queer pride movement has become one of the most important platforms for queer individuals to express their identity and culture in recent decades. It is also a way for them to share experiences,...
How does engagement in virtual queer communities affect identity formation, social bonding, and political mobilization in ways that challenge offline heteronormative structures?
The growth of...
Queerness has been a topic of discussion for decades, as people have struggled to understand their sexual and romantic identity in relation to society's traditional norms. Society is heteronormative,...
Queer identity operates as an epistemic stance that challenges normative assumptions and offers alternative frameworks for understanding society. It is a way of thinking about gender and sexuality...
What is queerness?
Queerness is an identity that challenges the normative ways people think about gender and sexuality. It can be understood as encompassing both non-heterosexual orientations and...