%0 Journal Article
%T Screen-births: Exploring the transformative potential in trans video blogs on YouTube
%A Tobias Raun
%J Graduate Journal of Social Science
%D 2010
%I EBSCO Publishing
%X The article takes its point of departure in Tobias Raun¡¯s PhD research, exploring the numerous amounts of video blogs (vlogs) on YouTube where trans people (using hormones and/or surgery to alter their body) document and discuss their gender transition. The article offers a characterisation of the vlog medium as it is being put to use by the trans people, arguing that the vlog operates as both a diary, an autobiography, and as a vehicle of communication and social connection. Furthermore, Tobias Raun raises questions like: What kind of possibilities do a new media like vlogs enable in connection to represent and negotiate the meaning of trans identity? Can the trans vlogs enable a sense of empowerment and help create political visibility and political action?
%K Transgender Studies
%K Transsexuality
%K Video Blogs
%K Internet Research
%K Participatory Culture
%K Self-Representation
%K Autobiography
%U http://gjss.org/images/stories/volumes/7/2/8.%20Raun.pdf