Trans Time
Trans Time
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穿越时间
DOI：
10.1145/3415195
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
Briar Sweetbriar Baron
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作者：
Oliver L. Haimson;Justin Buss;Zu Weinger;Denny L. Starks;Dykee Gorrell;Briar Sweetbriar Baron
跨性别者经常使用社交媒体与他人联系，查找和分享资源，并发布与变性相关的内容。然而，由于大多数社交媒体平台的建立并不考虑跨性别者，而且在线网络包括可能不接受自己的跨性别者身份的人，分享跨性别者的内容可能很困难。我们研究了Trans Time，这是一个专门为跨性别者记录转变和建立社区的社交媒体网站。我们采访了Trans Time早期用户(n=6)，并与潜在用户(n=21)进行了焦点小组，以了解跨特定网站如何独特地支持其用户。我们发现，Trans Time有可能成为一个安全的空间，鼓励隐私，并有效地使其用户能够使用内容警告选择性地查看内容。安全、隐私和内容警告共同创造了一个在线空间，跨性别者可以在这里同时建立社区，寻找支持，并表达跨性别者生活的平凡和兴奋。然而，在这些领域中的每一个方面，我们也了解到了网站可以改进的方法。我们为社交媒体网站如何更好地支持跨性别用户以及来自其他边缘群体的孤立社区提供了启示。
Trans people often use social media to connect with others, find and share resources, and post transition-related content. However, because most social media platforms are not built with trans people in mind and because online networks include people who may not accept one's trans identity, sharing trans content can be difficult. We studied Trans Time, a social media site developed particularly for trans people to document transition and build community. We interviewed early Trans Time users (n = 6) and conducted focus groups with potential users (n = 21) to understand how a trans-specific site uniquely supports its users. We found that Trans Time has the potential to be a safe space, encourages privacy, and effectively enables its users to selectively view content using content warnings. Together, safety, privacy, and content warnings create an online space where trans people can simultaneously build community, find support, and express both the mundanity and excitement of trans life. Yet in each of these areas, we also learned ways that the site can improve. We provide implications for how social media sites may better support trans users, as well as insular communities of people from other marginalized groups.