Risking Disclosure: Unruly Rhetorics and Queer(ing) HIV Risk Communication on Grindr

McKinley Green George Mason University

Abstract

Using narrative-based user experience methods, this article investigates how youth living with HIV discuss their serostatus on the dating app Grindr. This study found that participants resisted Grindr’s interface, which encourages users to disclose their HIV status. Using intersectional queer theories of unruliness, this article argues that these resistant user experiences destabilize the underlying ideological aims of Grindr’s risk-reduction strategies, revealing ulterior practices of risk and safety stemming from the embodied realities of living with HIV.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2021-07-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2021.1930185
Open Access
Closed

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