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Invisible citizens: how marginalized Ghanaian LGBT+ citizens shape their stories on Instagram

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dc.contributor.authorAddison, Sheilla, author
dc.contributor.authorArthur, Tori, advisor
dc.contributor.authorHumphrey, Mike, committee member
dc.contributor.authorAttai, Nikoli, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-09T20:51:18Z
dc.date.available2026-08-16
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractIn Ghana, like most African countries, LGBT+ members are relegated to the background and generally live in fear of persecution. The media has played an instrumental role in framing the discourses surrounding queerness, leading to exclusion, marginalization, and moral panic in the country. Currently, the emergence and active use of social media have afforded many Ghanaians a platform to engage and express harmful opinions that are implicit and explicit queerphobia. In a similar vein, queer activists and some LGBT+ individuals have appropriated social media platforms, including Instagram, as a powerful alternative platform to redefine negative stereotypes, challenge the narratives around marginalized LGBT+ citizens and provide an alternative way of viewing their worlds. Using defensive digital alchemy as its theoretical framework, this thesis employs Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis to assess @lgbtrightsghana's defensive digital alchemy in Instagram to fight against the marginalization of sexual identities in the face of Ghana's anti-LGBT+ Bill. The findings suggest that @lgbtrightsghana's defensive digital alchemy challenges master narratives, redefines negative stereotypes, and provides alternate views of queer Ghanaians.
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dc.identifierAddison_colostate_0053N_18570.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/239183
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.rights.accessEmbargo expires: 08/16/2026.
dc.subjectCTDA
dc.subjectInstagram
dc.subjectmaster and counter narratives
dc.subjectdefensive digital alchemy
dc.subjectAnti-LGBT+ Bill
dc.subjectLGBT+
dc.titleInvisible citizens: how marginalized Ghanaian LGBT+ citizens shape their stories on Instagram
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dcterms.embargo.terms2026-08-16
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thesis.degree.disciplineJournalism and Media Communication
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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