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Title: | User Response to Facebook's Custom Gender Options |
Author(s): | Haimson, Oliver L.; Brubaker, Jed R.; Loder, Courtney; Dombrowski, Lynn; Hayes, Gillian R. |
Subject(s): | social media
social computing |
Abstract: | Facebook’s recent implementation of “custom” gender options and gender-neutral pronouns provided transgender and gender-non-conforming users with new ways to represent gender identity online. We analyze user response to and use of these affordances. We found that while many transgender and gender non-conforming Facebook users used and appreciated the new options for gender representation, the system still constrained self-presentation for some. Additionally, use of custom gender options complicated gender identity disclosure for many participants. Results highlight tensions around the ability of classification systems to categorize identities. |
Issue Date: | 2015-03-15 |
Publisher: | iSchools |
Series/Report: | iConference 2015 Proceedings |
Genre: | Conference Poster |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73701 |
Peer Reviewed: | yes |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2015 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-03-24 |