SOC 700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Keith Boykin, Heteronormativity, Grindr
5 Apr 2018
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Aids, as well as homophobic responses from outside the community. Sharif mowlabocus (2010): digital cruising reflects traditional cruising through technology, but also free of the physicality of cruising"s. Omnipresent gaze : cruising had occurred in bars, clubs and public spaces where men signaled interest through established non verbal cues and signals, digital cruising allows for new areas to consider re modes of communication, motives, risk and conflicts. To be gay" has taken on a white face as well as experience. To be white and homosexual and not challenge or question the absence of black lesbian and gays in the culture is itself an element of racism . Discrimination in the gay community: emphasizes discrimination on multiple axes (race, gender, sexuality) is not merely experienced as such but. Grindr> usage: with this popularity and traffic grindr has become an ideal platform to be examined as a social sexual. 2014: claims nearly 10 million users in over 192 countries.
