Queer HCI

LGBTQ+ people face unique challenges with technology—from restrictive identity categories that fail to capture the nuance of queer identities, to harmful content moderation that disproportionately affects queer content, to fundamental lack of representation in the design process and research community.

This project examines how technology can better serve queer communities. We document the current state of LGBTQ+ research in HCI, investigate the lived experiences of queer users across platforms, and develop design recommendations that center queer needs. Our work spans dating apps, social media platforms, and community spaces, with particular attention to how multiply marginalized identities experience technology differently.

Researchers

Katy Weathington, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Michael Ann DeVito, Jordan Taylor, Ellen Simpson, Jed Brubaker

Publications

1. XOXO or XX/XY? Gender Essentialism and Queer Exclusion on Dating Apps Weathington, Katy and Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus and Brubaker, Jed R.
   Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 9, CSCW
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3711109
   Katy Weathington, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2025. XOXO or XX/XY? Gender Essentialism and Queer Exclusion on Dating Apps. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 9, CSCW. https://doi.org/10.1145/3711109

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   In a world with shrinking queer spaces, dating apps serve as a useful way to find romantic or sexual partners, make friends, and develop connections in an often fragmented community. However, dating app structures may exclude queer users more than their cisgender heterosexual counterparts. We examined how gender and sexuality are formatted as data in dating app profiles and algorithmically curated matchmaking functions. Based on an analysis of ten popular dating apps, we found gender and sexuality were often divided into descriptive labels and functional categories, which systematically marginalize or exclude queer identities from the matching process despite appearing inclusive.

2. Cruising Queer HCI on the DL: A Literature Review of LGBTQ+ People in HCI Taylor, Jordan and Simpson, Ellen and Tran, Anh-Ton and Brubaker, Jed R. and Fox, Sarah E and Zhu, Haiyi
   Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3613904.3642494
   Jordan Taylor, Ellen Simpson, Anh-Ton Tran, Jed R. Brubaker, Sarah E Fox, and Haiyi Zhu. 2024. Cruising Queer HCI on the DL: A Literature Review of LGBTQ+ People in HCI. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642494

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     title = {Cruising Queer HCI on the DL: A Literature Review of LGBTQ+ People in HCI},
     year = {2024},
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     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
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     booktitle = {Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
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   LGBTQ+ people have received increased attention in HCI research, paralleling a greater emphasis on social justice in recent years. However, there has not been a systematic review of how LGBTQ+ people are researched or discussed in HCI. In this work, we review all research mentioning LGBTQ+ people across the HCI venues of CHI, CSCW, DIS, and TOCHI. Since 2014, we find a linear growth in the number of papers substantially about LGBTQ+ people and an exponential increase in the number of mentions. Research about LGBTQ+ people tends to center experiences of being politicized, outside the norm, stigmatized, or highly vulnerable. LGBTQ+ people are typically mentioned as a marginalized group or an area of future research. We identify gaps and opportunities for (1) research about and (2) the discussion of LGBTQ+ in HCI and provide a dataset to facilitate future Queer HCI research.

3. Queer Identities, Normative Databases: Challenges to Capturing Queerness On Wikidata Weathington, Katy and Brubaker, Jed R.
   Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, CSCW1
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3579517
   Katy Weathington and Jed R. Brubaker. 2023. Queer Identities, Normative Databases: Challenges to Capturing Queerness On Wikidata. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 7, CSCW1. https://doi.org/10.1145/3579517

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     title = {Queer Identities, Normative Databases: Challenges to Capturing Queerness On Wikidata},
     year = {2023},
     issue_date = {April 2023},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     volume = {7},
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     tags = {wikidata, queer-hci}
   }
   

   The collection, organization, and retrieval of data about queer individuals and their identities challenge the creators and curators of highly structured database systems. While prior research in archival studies and demographics has examined processes of collecting and storing queer identities, they do not examine the complexities of highly democratized platforms that lack top-down mandates that often structure archival schemas. To examine the representation of queer people on open-platform databases, we performed a trace ethnography and thematic analysis of Wikidata, an open collaboration, highly structured database. We specifically examined the creation of, changes to, discussions around, and impacts of properties that encode queer identities, such assexual orientation andsex or gender. We found that changes often have unexpected impacts, that contributors struggled to determine vocabulary for queer identities which were accurate across the diverse cultural contexts of the Wikidata community, that the recording of queer identities could cause a stigmatizing effect for LGBTQ+ individuals, with further concerns of spreading rumors or outing closeted people, and that contributors proposing changes which would cause biased representations of queer people. Our analysis demonstrates inherent and unaddressed frictions when translating queer identities to the confines of a structured database. We conclude by discussing ways that the highly bottom-up, collaborative nature of platforms such as Wikidata, often seen as a major strength, can be vulnerable to individuals or small groups derailing and filibustering changes they disagree with on politically charged topics such as queer identities.

4. "Do You Ladies Relate?": Experiences of Gender Diverse People in Online Eating Disorder Communities Feuston, Jessica L. and DeVito, Michael Ann and Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus and Weathington, Katy and Benitez, Marianna and Perez, Bianca Z. and Sondheim, Lucy and Brubaker, Jed R.
   
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3555145
   Jessica L. Feuston, Michael Ann DeVito, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Katy Weathington, Marianna Benitez, Bianca Z. Perez, Lucy Sondheim, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2022. "Do You Ladies Relate?": Experiences of Gender Diverse People in Online Eating Disorder Communities. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW2: 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555145

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   The study of eating disorders online has a long tradition within CSCW and HCI scholarship. Research within this body of work highlights the types of content people with eating disorders post as well as the ways in which individuals use online spaces for acceptance, connection, and support. However, despite nearly a decade of research, online eating disorder scholarship in CSCW and HCI rarely accounts for the ways gender shapes online engagement. In this paper, we present empirical results from interviews with 14 trans people with eating disorders. Our findings illustrate how working with gender as an analytic lens allowed us to produce new knowledge about the embodiment of participation in online eating disorder spaces. We show how trans people with eating disorders use online eating disorder content to inform and set goals for their bodies and how, as gender minorities within online eating disorder spaces, trans people occupy marginal positions that make them more susceptible to harms, such as threats to eating disorder validity and gender authenticity. In our discussion, we consider life transitions in the context of gender and eating disorders and address how online eating disorder spaces operate as social transition machinery. We also call attention to the labor associated with online participation as a gender minority within online eating disorder spaces, outlining several design recommendations for supporting the ways trans people with eating disorders use online spaces. CONTENT WARNING: This paper is about the online experiences of trans people with eating disorders. We discuss eating disorders, related content (e.g., thinspiration) and practices (e.g., binge eating, restriction), and gender dysphoria. Please read with caution.

5. Revisiting Gendered Web Forms: An Evaluation of Gender Inputs with (Non-)Binary People Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus and Jiang, Jialun Aaron and Spiel, Katta and Brubaker, Jed R.
   CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21)
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3411764.3445742
   Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Jialun Aaron Jiang, Katta Spiel, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2021. Revisiting Gendered Web Forms: An Evaluation of Gender Inputs with (Non-)Binary People. In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’21), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445742

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     title = {{Revisiting Gendered Web Forms: An Evaluation of Gender Inputs with (Non-)Binary People}},
     year = {2021},
     tags = {queer-hci}
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6. Entering Doors, Evading Traps: Benefits and Risks of Visibility During Transgender Coming Outs Pinter, Anthony T. and Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus and Brubaker, Jed R.
   Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 4, CSCW3
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3434181
   Anthony T. Pinter, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2021. Entering Doors, Evading Traps: Benefits and Risks of Visibility During Transgender Coming Outs. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 4, CSCW3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3434181

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     issue_date = {December 2020},
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     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3434181},
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   Coming out and being visible online can offer transgender and/or non-binary people benefits not found elsewhere. However, it also can expose them to negative reactions and bad experiences. Through an analysis of 15 semi-structured interviews, we investigate the experiences of transgender and/or non-binary people coming out across social media sites (SMSs). We found that participants employed strategies around disclosure and visibility to limit the consequences of coming out and to access support. Using trans theory on visibility, we discuss how online spaces present metaphorical "doors" to resources, support, and recognition—but can also be "traps" for those that do not meet the expectations of the space. We discuss how visibility empowered participants to create "trapdoors" to new spaces within SMSs where they could create positive outcomes for themselves and their communities. We close with considerations for designers as they create online spaces, and present a broader call to action for the HCI community around designing online spaces.

7. Values (Mis)alignment: Exploring Tensions Between Platform and LGBTQ+ Community Design Values DeVito, Michael Ann and Walker, Ashley M. and Fernandez, Julia R.
   Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, 1: Article 88
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3449162
   Michael Ann DeVito, Ashley M. Walker, and Julia R. Fernandez. 2021. Values (Mis)alignment: Exploring Tensions Between Platform and LGBTQ+ Community Design Values. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, 1: Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1145/3449162

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8. Queer in HCI: Strengthening the Community of LGBTQIA+ Researchers and Research DeVito, Michael Ann and Lustig, Caitlin and Simpson, Ellen and Allison, Kimberley and Chuanromanee, Tya and Spiel, Katta and Ko, Amy and Rode, Jennifer and Dym, Brianna and Muller, Michael and Klaus Scheuerman, Morgan and Marie Walker, Ashley and Brubaker, Jed and Ahmed, Alex
   Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3411763.3450403
   Michael Ann DeVito, Caitlin Lustig, Ellen Simpson, Kimberley Allison, Tya Chuanromanee, Katta Spiel, Amy Ko, Jennifer Rode, Brianna Dym, Michael Muller, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Ashley Marie Walker, Jed Brubaker, and Alex Ahmed. 2021. Queer in HCI: Strengthening the Community of LGBTQIA+ Researchers and Research. In Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’21), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3450403

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9. Queer in HCI: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Researchers and Research Across Domains DeVito, Michael Ann and Walker, Ashley Marie and Lustig, Caitlin and Ko, Amy J. and Spiel, Katta and Ahmed, Alex A. and Allison, Kimberley and Scheuerman, Morgan and Dym, Briana and Brubaker, Jed R. and Simpson, Ellen and Bagalkot, Naveen and Raval, Noopur and Muller, Michael and Rode, Jennifer and Gray, Mary L.
   Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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   • DOI: 10.1145/3334480.3381058
   Michael Ann DeVito, Ashley Marie Walker, Caitlin Lustig, Amy J. Ko, Katta Spiel, Alex A. Ahmed, Kimberley Allison, Morgan Scheuerman, Briana Dym, Jed R. Brubaker, Ellen Simpson, Naveen Bagalkot, Noopur Raval, Michael Muller, Jennifer Rode, and Mary L. Gray. 2020. Queer in HCI: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Researchers and Research Across Domains. In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3381058

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10. Queer(ing) HCI: Moving Forward in Theory and Practice Spiel, Katta and Ahmed, Alex and Rode, Jennifer A. and Brubaker, Jed R. and Kannabiran, Gopinaath and Keyes, Os and Walker, Ashley Marie and DeVito, Michael A. and Birnholtz, Jeremy and Brulé, Emeline and Light, Ann and Barlas, Pınar and Hardy, Jean
    Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI EA ’19
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    • DOI: 10.1145/3290607.3311750
    Katta Spiel, Alex Ahmed, Jennifer A. Rode, Jed R. Brubaker, Gopinaath Kannabiran, Os Keyes, Ashley Marie Walker, Michael A. DeVito, Jeremy Birnholtz, Emeline Brulé, Ann Light, Pınar Barlas, and Jean Hardy. 2019. Queer(ing) HCI: Moving Forward in Theory and Practice. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI EA ’19, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3311750

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11. The Black at the End of the Rainbow: Online Discrimination Among LGBTQ African Americans Rivera, E. J. and Poldruhi, M. and Ward, C. R. and Jenkins II, G. E. and Nichols III, E. and Pinter, A. T.
    iConference 2019
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    E. J. Rivera, M. Poldruhi, C. R. Ward, G. E. Jenkins II, E. Nichols III, and A. T. Pinter. 2019. The Black at the End of the Rainbow: Online Discrimination Among LGBTQ African Americans. In iConference 2019.

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      month = apr,
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12. "Coming Out Okay": Community Narratives for LGBTQ Identity Recovery Work Dym, Brianna and Brubaker, Jed R. and Fiesler, Casey and Bryan, Semaan
    Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW: Article 154
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    • DOI: 10.1145/3359256
    Brianna Dym, Jed R. Brubaker, Casey Fiesler, and Semaan Bryan. 2019. "Coming Out Okay": Community Narratives for LGBTQ Identity Recovery Work. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 3, CSCW: Article 154. https://doi.org/10.1145/3359256

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13. Safe Spaces and Safe Places: Unpacking Technology-Mediated Experiences of Safety and Harm with Transgender People Scheuerman, Morgan Klaus and Branham, Stacy M. and Hamidi, Foad
    Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 2, CSCW: 155:1–155:27
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    • DOI: 10.1145/3274424
    Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, Stacy M. Branham, and Foad Hamidi. 2018. Safe Spaces and Safe Places: Unpacking Technology-Mediated Experiences of Safety and Harm with Transgender People. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 2, CSCW: 155:1–155:27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274424

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14. “theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring gender in video game fan fiction Dym, Brianna and Brubaker, Jed and Fiesler, Casey
    Game Studies 18, 3
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    Brianna Dym, Jed Brubaker, and Casey Fiesler. 2018. “theyre all trans sharon”: Authoring gender in video game fan fiction. Game Studies 18, 3.

    @article{Dym2018,
      title = {``theyre all trans sharon'': Authoring gender in video game fan fiction},
      author = {Dym, Brianna and Brubaker, Jed and Fiesler, Casey},
      journal = {Game Studies},
      volume = {18},
      number = {3},
      year = {2018},
      tags = {queer-hci}
    }
    

15. Digital footprints and changing networks during online identity transitions Haimson, O.L. and Brubaker, J.R. and Dombrowski, L. and Hayes, G.R.
    Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
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    • DOI: 10.1145/2858036.2858136
    O.L. Haimson, J.R. Brubaker, L. Dombrowski, and G.R. Hayes. 2016. Digital footprints and changing networks during online identity transitions. In Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858136

    @inproceedings{Haimson2016,
      author = {Haimson, O.L. and Brubaker, J.R. and Dombrowski, L. and Hayes, G.R.},
      booktitle = {Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings},
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      isbn = {9781450333627},
      keywords = {Digital artifacts,Digital footprints,Identity transitions,LGBTQ,Life transitions,Networks,Online identity,Social network sites,Transgender},
      title = {{Digital footprints and changing networks during online identity transitions}},
      year = {2016},
      tags = {queer-hci}
    }
    

    Digital artifacts on social media can challenge individuals during identity transitions, particularly those who prefer to delete, separate from, or hide data that are representative of a past identity. This work investigates concerns and practices reported by transgender people who transitioned while active on Facebook. We analyze open-ended survey responses from 283 participants, highlighting types of data considered problematic when separating oneself from a past identity, and challenges and strategies people engage in when managing personal data in a networked environment. We find that people shape their digital footprints in two ways: by editing the self-presentational data that is representative of a prior identity, and by managing the configuration of people who have access to that self-presentation. We outline the challenging interplay between shifting identities, social networks, and the data that suture them together. We apply these results to a discussion of the complexities of managing and forgetting the digital past.

16. Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook Haimson, Oliver L and Brubaker, Jed R. and Dombrowski, Lynn and Hayes, Gillian R.
    CSCW ’15: 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing Proceedings
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    Oliver L Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, Lynn Dombrowski, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2015. Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook. In CSCW ’15: 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing Proceedings.

    @inproceedings{Haimson2015,
      address = {Vancouver, BC},
      author = {Haimson, Oliver L and Brubaker, Jed R. and Dombrowski, Lynn and Hayes, Gillian R.},
      booktitle = {CSCW '15: 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work {\&} Social Computing Proceedings},
      keywords = {sns,trans},
      tags = {trans,sns,queer-hci},
      title = {{Disclosure, Stress, and Support During Gender Transition on Facebook}},
      year = {2015}
    }
    

17. Social and Personal Disclosure in a Location-Based Real Time Dating App Fitzpatrick, Colin and Birnholtz, Jeremy and Brubaker, Jed R.
    2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
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    Colin Fitzpatrick, Jeremy Birnholtz, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2015. Social and Personal Disclosure in a Location-Based Real Time Dating App. In 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 1983–1992.

    @inproceedings{Fitzpatrick2015,
      author = {Fitzpatrick, Colin and Birnholtz, Jeremy and Brubaker, Jed R.},
      booktitle = {2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)},
      keywords = {grindr,identity,lgbt},
      tags = {identity,grindr,lgbt,queer-hci},
      pages = {1983--1992},
      publisher = {IEEE},
      title = {{Social and Personal Disclosure in a Location-Based Real Time Dating App}},
      year = {2015}
    }
    

18. DDFSeeks same: sexual health-related language in online personal ads for men who have sex with men Haimson, Oliver L and Brubaker, Jed R. and Hayes, Gillian R
    Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI ’14
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    • DOI: 10.1145/2556288.2557077
    Oliver L Haimson, Jed R. Brubaker, and Gillian R Hayes. 2014. DDFSeeks same: sexual health-related language in online personal ads for men who have sex with men. In Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI ’14, 1615–1624. https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557077

    @inproceedings{Haimson2014,
      address = {New York, New York, USA},
      author = {Haimson, Oliver L and Brubaker, Jed R. and Hayes, Gillian R},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '14},
      doi = {10.1145/2556288.2557077},
      isbn = {9781450324731},
      keywords = {craigslist,identity,lgbt},
      tags = {identity,craigslist,lgbt,queer-hci},
      pages = {1615--1624},
      publisher = {ACM Press},
      title = {{DDFSeeks same: sexual health-related language in online personal ads for men who have sex with men}},
      url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2556288.2557077},
      year = {2014}
    }
    

19. Departing glances: A sociotechnical account of ’leaving’ Grindr Brubaker, J. R. and Ananny, M. and Crawford, K.
    New Media & Society 1461444814542311–
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    • DOI: 10.1177/1461444814542311
    J. R. Brubaker, M. Ananny, and K. Crawford. 2014. Departing glances: A sociotechnical account of ’leaving’ Grindr. New Media & Society: 1461444814542311–. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814542311

    @article{Brubaker2014,
      author = {Brubaker, J. R. and Ananny, M. and Crawford, K.},
      doi = {10.1177/1461444814542311},
      issn = {1461-4448},
      journal = {New Media {\&} Society},
      keywords = {departure,grindr,leaving,lgbt,location-based social media,non-use,post-userism,quitting,sociotechnical,technology refusal},
      tags = {grindr,non-use,lgbt,post-userism,queer-hci},
      pages = {1461444814542311--},
      title = {{Departing glances: A sociotechnical account of 'leaving' Grindr}},
      url = {http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/03/1461444814542311},
      year = {2014}
    }
    

    Grindr is a popular location-based social networking application for smartphones, predominantly used by gay men. This study investigates why users leave Grindr. Drawing on interviews with 16 men who stopped using Grindr, this article reports on the varied definitions of leaving, focusing on what people report leaving, how they leave and what they say leaving means to them. We argue that leaving is not a singular moment, but a process involving layered social and technical acts - that understandings of and departures from location-based media are bound up with an individual’s location. Accounts of leaving Grindr destabilize normative definitions of both Grindr’ and leaving’, exposing a set of relational possibilities and spatial arrangements within and around which people move. We conclude with implications for the study of non-use and technological departure.

20. Identity, identification and identifiability: The Language of Self-Presentation on a Location-Based Mobile Dating App Birnholtz, Jeremy and Fitzpatrick, Colin and Handel, Mark and Brubaker, Jed R.
    Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services - MobileHCI ’14
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    • DOI: 10.1145/2628363.2628406
    Jeremy Birnholtz, Colin Fitzpatrick, Mark Handel, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2014. Identity, identification and identifiability: The Language of Self-Presentation on a Location-Based Mobile Dating App. In Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services - MobileHCI ’14, 3–12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2628363.2628406

    @inproceedings{Birnholtz2014,
      address = {New York, New York, USA},
      author = {Birnholtz, Jeremy and Fitzpatrick, Colin and Handel, Mark and Brubaker, Jed R.},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices {\&} services - MobileHCI '14},
      doi = {10.1145/2628363.2628406},
      isbn = {9781450330046},
      keywords = {grindr,identity,lgbt},
      tags = {grindr,identity,lgbt,queer-hci},
      pages = {3--12},
      publisher = {ACM Press},
      title = {{Identity, identification and identifiability: The Language of Self-Presentation on a Location-Based Mobile Dating App}},
      url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2628363.2628406},
      year = {2014}
    }
    

21. Safety and Community Context: Exploring a Transfeminist Approach to Sapphic Relationship Platforms DeVito, Michael Ann and Feuston, Jessica L. and Melder, Erika and Malloy, Christen and Ponder, Cade and Brubaker, Jed R.
    
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    • DOI: 10.1145/3653694
    Michael Ann DeVito, Jessica L. Feuston, Erika Melder, Christen Malloy, Cade Ponder, and Jed R. Brubaker. 2024. Safety and Community Context: Exploring a Transfeminist Approach to Sapphic Relationship Platforms. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 8, CSCW1: 203:1–203:34. https://doi.org/10.1145/3653694

    @article{devitoSafetyCommunityContext2024,
      title = {Safety and {{Community Context}}: {{Exploring}} a {{Transfeminist Approach}} to {{Sapphic Relationship Platforms}}},
      shorttitle = {Safety and {{Community Context}}},
      author = {DeVito, Michael Ann and Feuston, Jessica L. and Melder, Erika and Malloy, Christen and Ponder, Cade and Brubaker, Jed R.},
      date = {2024-04-26},
      journaltitle = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction},
      shortjournal = {Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.},
      volume = {8},
      pages = {203:1--203:34},
      doi = {10.1145/3653694},
      issue = {CSCW1},
      keywords = {dating apps,feminist hci,journal,lgbtq+,nonbinary,online communities,online relationships,queer hci,sapphic,transgender},
      tags = {dating-apps-identity, queer-hci}
    }
    

    Relationship platforms (e.g., dating apps) are crucial tools for sapphics (trans women, cisgender women, and nonbinary people who are attracted to other sapphics). However, current platforms are not designed in a way that accounts for sapphic lived experience, especially the lived experience of sapphics who hold multiple marginalized identity characteristics. Even on platforms that do exist for sapphics, transgender women and nonbinary people are often subject to discrimination, fetishization, and stigmatization. To aid in the design of platforms that better serve the needs of multiply marginalized sapphics, we engaged a diverse group of 25 sapphics in six rounds of community discussion on key topics for relationship platform design. Based on participant discussions, we identify key challenges when designing for multiply marginalized sapphics around relationship structures, gender and sexuality classification, and safety priorities for interaction. We present two design priorities alongside community-sourced design directions which can help future designers address these challenges: identity-centric safety and community-based information formats.