Coming out in the age of the Internet: Identity "demarginalization" through virtual group participation.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.3.681
• Publication Date: 2005-09-22T19:33:31Z
• Authors: Katelyn Y. A. McK...; John A. Bargh
• Keywords: Collective identity

Internet newsgroups allow individuals to interact with others in a relatively anonymous fashion and thereby provide concealable stigmatized identities place belong not otherwise available. Thus, membership these groups should become an important part of identity. Study 1 fou