Powell Lisa, Powell Virginia
Marriage and Family Studies, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX USA.
Abilene, USA.
SN Soc Sci. 2022;2(6):78. doi: 10.1007/s43545-022-00345-4. Epub 2022 May 16.
Sex and gender queer people experience feelings of isolation in a vast array of ways. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, queer people have been forced endure additional isolation not only from people, but also from much needed sources of acceptance for sexualities and genders. As queer-focused dating apps have increased in popularity and acceptance, they have become one way in which otherwise isolated queer people are able to connect, see, and be seen. While queer physical community spaces can no longer be safely accessed due to social distancing, dating apps remain available as an essential opportunity to reach out to other queer people and to access large numbers of fellow queer people. This study reviewed a sample of 1500 Lex personal ads during the summer of 2020 that directly or indirectly reference the COVID-19 pandemic posted by users in the United States. The researchers saved and recorded appropriate text messages. These text-based personals posts were then analyzed to gain a greater understanding of both the isolation that is experienced by queer people who are not cis-men, as well as the attempts to reduce isolation through the app.
性取向和性别认同非传统的人群以各种各样的方式体验到孤独感。在整个新冠疫情期间，非传统性取向和性别的人群不仅被迫与他人隔离，还与对性取向和性别的急需的接纳来源相隔离。随着以非传统性取向和性别为重点的约会应用程序越来越受欢迎并被接受，它们已成为原本孤立的非传统性取向和性别的人群能够建立联系、见面并被看到的一种方式。由于社交距离的原因，非传统性取向和性别的实体社区空间已无法安全进入，但约会应用程序仍然是与其他非传统性取向和性别的人群建立联系并接触大量同类人群的重要机会。本研究回顾了2020年夏天美国用户发布的1500条Lex个人广告样本，这些广告直接或间接提及了新冠疫情。研究人员保存并记录了合适的短信。然后对这些基于文本的个人广告帖子进行分析，以更深入地了解非顺性别男性的非传统性取向和性别的人群所经历的孤独感，以及通过该应用程序减少孤独感的尝试。
