Department of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA.
School of Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
J Homosex. 2024 Jul 2;71(8):2030-2055. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2218959. Epub 2023 Jul 28.
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.
这篇文章对自由言论社交媒体平台 Gab 上旨在对 LGBTQ+友好但却变成恐同空间的群体进行了批判性话语分析。结果表明，Gab 用户利用差异话语将该平台定位为异性恋规范，并诋毁 LGBTQ+群体。特别是，以言论自由的名义使用的话语将 LGBTQ+个体视为可憎之人，巩固了霸权男性气质，并通过将他们简化为性行为和性器官来边缘化酷儿群体。本研究更好地理解了“言论自由”作为内容审核政策的（不）有效性，并揭示了反 LGBTQ+仇恨言论如何在数字空间中传播。
