Transgender identity management across social media platforms

Transgender people use social media for identity work, which takes place over time and across platforms. In this study, we interviewed 20 transgender users to examine management the ecosystem. We found that curate their experiences fit needs through creating accounts on different platforms, maintaining multiple individual making active decisions about content they post, networks are connected to, interact with. way, people’s curation is not limited own presentations, but also involves curating see from others whom include in networks. Together, these two types of online enable craft worlds meet self-presentational needs.