Coming out som LGBT på YouTube

Disposition

Name: [NAVN A]

School: Vibenshus Skole, 9.z

Theme: Living Life Online

Subtheme: Coming out as LGBT on YouTube

Why did I pick this?

Personal involvement in the LGBT community

Curiosity

A subgenre on YouTube

‘Coming out videos’

Past 5 years

Famous YouTubers

Importance of LGBT visibility

Connor Franta - Coming Out

YouTube vs. mainstream media

Minorities and stereotypes

Online communities

“In charge of your own plot”

Homophobia in the US

Bullying and idols

Sources:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-5-worst-states-for-lgbt-people-20141124

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYodBfRxKWI

http://www.tickld.com/x/lgbt/the-importance-of-lgbt-visibility

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/13452/coming-out-youtube-stars/

https://outandequal.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/the-importance-of-lgbt-visibility/

“When I was coming out, you couldn’t go on Google and search coming-out videos,” said Oakley. “Now you can find that, and find somebody you relate to. Before you could find maybe a story about Rosie coming out, or Ellen. The ones that you found were so far removed from what a normal, everyday human from middle America might experience.”

“YouTube is a platform where a lot of disenfranchised voices have an opportunity to come and find a platform that the media will not give them,” Oakley explained. “Whereas in TV or movies or whatever, a lot of minorities—not just sexual orientation minorities, but all minorities—stick to a character or the plot of who they are is a stereotype. On YouTube, they can share their own voice, whether it’s a gender minority or a racial minority. You’re in charge of your own plot. There are a lot of people in the world thirsty for that, and media hasn’t given it to them. So they go out and search for it on their own.”