Abstract
Queer Joy is conceptualised as a form of resistance to oppression by celebrating queerness in the face of adversity. This research aimed to centre queer joy and understand how it is expressed and may be facilitated in online spaces. To do this we conducted a survey with 100 UK participants who indicated they identified as LGBTQ+ on the online recruitment platform Prolific. We asked a series of open and closed questions in an online survey to investigate 1) what queer joy looks like on social media 2) how queer joy content is engaged with on social media, 3) which platforms are perceived to facilitate queer joy and 4) how queer people protect their privacy online. The results suggested that to facilitate queer joy online, platforms should allow flexible self expression and community engagement, while allowing for granular control over privacy and the audience such content is shown to.
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Divisions: | Leeds School of the Arts |
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713592 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Publisher: | Association for Computing Machinery |
Additional Information: | © 2025 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). |
SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic |
Depositing User (symplectic) | Deposited by Dalton, Benjamin |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2025 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2025 08:26 |
Event Title: | CHI 2025: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Event Dates: | 26 Apr - 1 May 2025 |
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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