Stereotypes and gender identity : the trending need to come out via YouTube videos among young gay male individuals

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Stereotypes and gender identity, gay male individuals, YouTube

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The media represent, however representations can be wrong and misleading. This injustice is underwent by gay individuals who the Internet helps find confidence and built their gender identity. An consequence, their need to be understood and accepted as who they truly are lead some of them to eventually come out as gay via coming-out videos on YouTube. And it is interesting to see how this trending practice is seen as a nowadays solution one's need of coming out. We will be, in this essay, discussing about: first, how the media create misconception of the people and what impact this has on the people. We will be focusing our research on gay male individuals and exemplifying our remarks referencing to renowned gay male YouTuber.

The substance of this essay will find ground in various researches by knowledgeable researchers mentioned hereinafter whose studies relate to identity and stereotypes as depicted in the media, complemented by research on the coming-out process and its relation to YouTube. Other material such as the online Oxford Dictionary, social networks (Twitter and Youtube) and the It Gets Better's website will help us exemplify the theories exposed.

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[...] The media tend to stereotype people as they categorize them, this is a spontaneous process that help us adapt the situations we face in life. Stereotypes are widely acknowledge ideas or assumptions generally believed to be false. The questioning about the validity of stereotypes is the 'burden of representation'. Applied to situations or processes, the media create scripts which are stereotypes of ways of being; they influence people's behavior and change through time. Stereotypes, in our society, tend to wrongly associate gender with sexual biological identity. Word count : 117 words. Belk, Russell. [...]

[...] Tweet. The Rhodes Bros. “Twins Come Out To Dad.” YouTube th January 2015. YouTube. It Gets Better Project. Web. [...]

[...] Szulc, Łukasz and Dhoest Alexander, internet and sexual identity formation: Comparing Internet use before and after coming out.” Libguides Web. 10/05/2015. The article focuses on the differentiated use to the Internet by lesbians, gay men and bisexuals (LGBs) before and after their coming out, as coming-out narratives are spreading. Before coming out, they are usually looking for LGB-related information and interactions with other LGBs. The Internet, its anonymity and authenticity are found to play a great part in the coming out process and the emergence of LGB subjectivities. [...]

[...] www.oboolo.com Stereotypes and gender identity : the trending need to come out via YouTube videos among young gay male individuals. To what extend do young gay male individuals feel the need to come out as gay via YouTube videos? The media represent, however representations can be wrong and misleading. This injustice is underwent by gay individuals who the Internet helps find confidence and built their gender identity. An consequence, their need to be understood and accepted as who they truly are lead some of them to eventually come out as gay via coming-out videos on YouTube. [...]

[...] “Stories like mine: Coming out videos and queer identities on Youtube” Web. 10/05/2015. www.oboolo.com Starting off with the bullying of queer youth that led to suicides which many associations aim to prevent (e.g. The Trevor Project or It Gets Better). Young people increasingly use sites such as Youtube to share their support and experience with others via coming-out videos, which engender understanding and changes in peoples mind or discrimination and devaluation of queerness. Eventually Wuest says that queer identities speeches should be part of a child's education in our heterocentric society. [...]