The Identity of Garut Transgenders in Social Media

Leadya Raturahmi; Nadya  Dinda Putri; Chotijah Fanaqi; Rosanti U. D. S. Yatnosaputro

doi:10.24002/jik.v20i2.5586

Authors

Leadya Raturahmi Universitas Garut
Nadya Dinda Putri Universitas Garut
Chotijah Fanaqi Universitas Garut
Rosanti U. D. S. Yatnosaputro Universitas Garut

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24002/jik.v20i2.5586

Keywords:

Garut, social media, Sundanese culture, transgender

Abstract

The background of this research is the use of social media by transgenders in the Garut Regency, although the transgender issue is contradictory to Indonesian values. This qualitative research uses rational choice theory to analyze social media usage as an identity for transgenders in the Garut Regency. The data are collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and literature study. The results show that transgenders use social media as an associative interaction. It shows their identity by 'behaving gender' and expressing the 'sense of we' as Sundanese women.

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