Gender and Sexuality in YouTube Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abstract

This article explores the interplay of gender and religion in the LDS community in the social medium YouTube. For this purpose, a case study was conducted with two videos under the research question: “To what extent do members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discuss gender and sexuality on their official YouTube channel, and how do the protagonists represent their own gender and sexuality in these videos?” The research shows a simplified representation of the faith community's attitudes towards gender and religion in social media, which allows for a positive connotation for the sensation of non-heterosexual feelings. In particular, the acceptance of same-sex attraction is emphasized without addressing the sinfulness of its practice. At the same time, it was elaborated that especially the distribution of roles within a family is clearly regulated and that the genders defined as binary by the LDS have clear tasks to fulfill.

Please cite this contribution as follows:

Puckhaber, C. (2024).Gender and Sexuality in YouTube Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "forsch!" - Studentisches Online-Journal der Universität Oldenburg, 1.

https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404291042077.286176788429