The Right to be Desired: Combating Racist Gay Beauty Standards on Grindr with Therapeutic Photography

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Abstract: Users on the popular gay networking app, Grindr, have perpetuated and reinforced racialized hierarchies of desirability. These hierarchies continue to have an immense negative impact on queer people of color's self-perception and mental health. To uplift queer people of color, I intervene on Stanford University's campus by offering queer students of color the opportunity to engage with therapeutic photography.

Type of resource	text
Publication date	December 14, 2023; December 13, 2023

Author	Rodriguez Ibarra, Cesar

Related item	Title The photos from my event
DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/gj758yk3672
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/gj758yk3672

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Preferred citation: Rodriguez Ibarra, C. (2023). The Right to be Desired: Combating Racist Gay Beauty Standards on Grindr with Therapeutic Photography. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/gj758yk3672. https://doi.org/10.25740/gj758yk3672.

Stanford University, Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Senior Papers

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