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| Personal Name | Dulay, Anne Gabrielle S.; Macasaet, Francesca Isabelle B. |
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| Resource Title | Making space in the mainstream: Filipino transgender TikTok creators’ figital practices as platformized situated knowledges |
| Date Issued | 10 June 2026 |
| Abstract | Transgender people in the Philippines grapple with a range of issues online, including discrimination, prejudice rooted in religion, misgendering, and exclusion. However, despite these challenges, Filipino transgender content creators use their agency to actively create content on social media platforms so that they can disseminate information, create communities, and negotiate their identities. With this, we ask, how do Filipino transgender TikTok creators enact narrative control grounded on their situatedness? This study focuses on TikTok as a platform where trans content creators can engage in digital production through textual, audio, and visual features. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of platformization, narrative control, and situated knowledges, the study seeks to investigate how Filipino transgender TikTok creators enact narrative control grounded on their situatedness. Using a qualitative research design, we employed in-depth interviews (IDI) and textual analysis (TA) of their experiences and TikTok content. Through this, we were able to find that Filipino trans content creators enact digital practices that control trans narratives on TikTok, informed by their lived experiences. Overall, this study contributes to the body of knowledge that seeks to understand the narratives of trans individuals online and how they continuously navigate platform constraints in order to assert themselves. |
| Degree Course | BA Communication Research |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Filipino transgender TikTok creators; Narrative Control; Situated Knowledge; Platformization |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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