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ArticleAmerican journal of community psychology2025

This is fine: Using memes to examine resilience, coping, and community for sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals during COVID-19.

F J Griffith, S Kirklewski, B P Takenaka, E Nicholson, C K Lauckner, J J Gibbs, N B Hansen, T Kershaw

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F J GriffithDivision of Prevention and Community Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9238-0212
S KirklewskiDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
B P TakenakaDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
E NicholsonDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
C K LaucknerDepartment of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
J J GibbsSchool of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
N B HansenCollege of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion & Behavior, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
T KershawDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Funding

Research Training Program in Substance Use PreventionT32DA019426 · NIDA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TAMI P SULLIVAN · 2005 to 2026
$7.5M
Using Smart Phones to Understand the Link Between Social and Geographical Context and HIV Risk Behavior Among MSMR01HD092185 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HANSEN, NATHAN B, KERSHAW, TRACE S · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development #R01HD092185NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD092185NIDA NIH HHS #T32DA019426NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA019426
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Abstract

Creative and humorous activism, both online and offline, has historically been important for queer communities during public health crises like the AIDS epidemic. Online activism and affinity became critical during the COVID-19 pandemic due to reduced in-person healthcare, social support, and resources. General functions of online meme humor expanded during COVID-19, including using dark humor and defining in-group political values and positions. In the current study, we used a convergent, mixed methods approach informed by COR theory and Photovoice methodology to examine the use of memes by sexual minority men and nonbinary individuals (SMMNI; N = 43) during COVID-19, including the role of memes in promoting humor, coping, and online community-building. We analyzed the content of participant-selected memes (n = 53), their experiences described in semi-structured interviews, and surveys about demography, online networks, and technology use and attitudes. Almost all memes contained text- and/or image-based humor, and most used dark humor. Participants' descriptions of memes during interviews hierarchically clustered in four distinct meme-related strategies: Validation-seeking, Community-seeking, Personal coping and social advocacy, and Systemic advocacy. Current study findings have implications for community healthcare praxis and research, including the importance of participatory research, intervention development in collaboration with queer communities, and online resources to improve public health and health literacy.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalCOVID-19Resilience, PsychologicalSexual and Gender MinoritiesWit and Humor as TopicAdultHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Social SupportYoung AdultCOVID‐19memespublic healthsexual minority mensocial media

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PMID40053866
PMCPMC13147483

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