The contributions of gender identification and gender ideologies to the purposes of social media use in adolescence.

Gender differences in adolescent social media use are often documented in the research literature, yet few studies delve into why they occur. Accordingly, we investigated whether gender identification and gender ideologies are associated with five major purposes of social media use in adolescence (emotion and activity bonding with friends, social compensation, appearance validation, and bullying). Participants were 309 cisgender U.

Narratives of Gender, Sexuality, and Community in Three Generations of Genderqueer Sexual Minorities.

Genderqueer identities-those that challenge a strict binary between woman and man-are increasingly visible within mainstream culture and psychological research. However, little is known about generational differences in the lived experience of genderqueer people. Inductive thematic analysis of interviews with 30 genderqueer sexual minorities of 3 distinct generations living the United States revealed 3 major themes: (a) genderqueer people face challenges in identifying, naming, and expressing their gender due to the constraints of everyday language and material culture; (b) genderqueer people manage stigma by naming and challenging the gender binary, often in relation to other forms of oppression; and (c) genderqueer people often find connection outside of mainstream LGBTQ spaces, such as through ethnicity-based or sexual subcommunities (e.