{"id":8449,"date":"2023-05-01T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/?p=8449"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:04:22","slug":"virtual-gayborhoods-and-the-ethics-of-queer-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/2023\/virtual-gayborhoods-and-the-ethics-of-queer-technologies","title":{"rendered":"Virtual &#8220;Gayborhoods&#8221; and the Ethics of Queer Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the lens of MSM-centered apps like Grindr and SCRUFF, I examine the origins of queer mobile dating applications to find out how they have helped and hindered the LGBTQ+ community. Building on previous queer HCI research, I identified three main points of conflict as a result of the use of these applications: overinflation of the value of sexual currency, proliferation of toxic masculine attitudes, and alienation of individuals with alternative identities.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than propose a solution to these virtual spaces, I suggest the community learns from and builds upon those standards that have been set to create new, more inclusive virtual &#8220;gayborhoods.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Find the full paper <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Mkd6S-6Dd52UCLfs5KaKfhTzZMt8dck0\/view\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Jv4Hud3TW1XzqaoSjzIBIF4YeOABrHFzB6TMJYO5n0E\/edit?usp=sharing\">Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the lens of MSM-centered apps like Grindr and SCRUFF, I examine the origins of queer mobile dating applications to find out how they have helped and hindered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4093,"featured_media":8783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1036],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1063],"class_list":["post-8449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1036"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4093"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9213,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8449\/revisions\/9213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8449"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infoshow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}