Free Speech or Free to Hate
Anti-LGBTQ+ Discourses in LGBTQ+-Affirming Spaces on Gab Social
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3609934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Brody (0000-0002-5261-8596, Department of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA, corresponding author), Spencer P Greenhalgh (0000-0002-8894-3198, University of Kentucky), Mehroz Sajjad (University of Kentucky) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2030-2055 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2023.2218959 |
| PMID | 37505504 |
| OpenAlex | W4385330131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 84 |
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of groups on the free speech social media platform Gab that were intended to be LGBTQ+-friendly but became spaces of queerphobia. Results indicate that Gab users deployed discourses of difference to situate the platform as heteronormative and to denigrate the LGBTQ+ community. In particular, discourses utilized in the name of free speech were used to establish LGBTQ+ individuals as abominations, undergird hegemonic masculinity, and marginalize queer folk by reducing them to sex acts and sex organs. This study provides a better understanding of the (in)efficacy of "free speech" as a content moderation policy and unpacks how anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech spreads in digital spaces
Free speech · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Heteronormativity · Heterosexism · Homosexuality · Masculinity · Moderation · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |