Abstract
As social media gains popularity among younger generations, previously conceived boundaries of the internet are being continuously challenged. When considering the newest social media platform TikTok, its unique algorithm allows for the creation of communities and subcultures; in this case, I am studying the queer community. This paper argues that TikTok has formed an online space of queerness where it rejects the dichotomies of the stigmaphile/stigmaphobe, the overt/covert, and the public/private. This online space embraces the different categorizations within the queer community rather than algorithmically encouraging people to fraction further by fostering conflict and segregation.