@inproceedings{25e1968b1bf941569e270f5102bb4180,
title = "LGBT parents and social media: Advocacy, privacy, and disclosure during shifting social movements",
abstract = "Increasing numbers of American parents identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). Shifting social movements are beginning to achieve greater recognition for LGBT parents and more rights for their families; however, LGBT parents still experience stigma and judgment in a variety of social contexts. We interviewed 28 LGBT parents to investigate how they navigate their online environments in light of these societal shifts. We find that 1) LGBT parents use social media sites to detect disapproval and identify allies within their social networks; 2) LGBT parents become what we call incidental advocates, when everyday social media posts are perceived as advocacy work even when not intended as such; and 3) for LGBT parents, privacy is a complex and collective responsibility, shared with children, partners, and families. We consider the complexities of LGBT parents' online disclosures in the context of shifting social movements and discuss the importance of supporting individual and collective privacy boundaries in these contexts.",
keywords = "Advocacy, Families, LGBT, Parents, Privacy, Social media",
author = "Lindsay Blackwell and Jean Hardy and Tawfiq Ammari and Tiffany Veinot and Cliff Lampe and Sarita Schoenebeck",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1145/2858036.2858342",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "610--622",
booktitle = "CHI 2016 - Proceedings, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
note = "34th Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016 ; Conference date: 07-05-2016 Through 12-05-2016",
}