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Assam is a northeastern state of India comprising of different cultural tribes, sub-tribes and ethnos. During the past few years, the queer movement in Assam has gained attention and different crea-tive spaces including literature, films etc. have started to space it consciously. While, many queer individuals from Assam are coming out with their gender identity, many are facing consequences including stigma, disowning and social exclusion. The present study focus on how social media impacts the daily life of a queer individual in place like Assam. The purpose of the study is fundamentally to identify the queer individual experiences in the dynamics of the current media. The study is concerned with the question of gender and sexuality in the recent network culture. It seeks to address the questions of intimacy and culture in relation of sexuality in the undercurrents of social media. The research question is whether social media strengthens queer identity in Assam or not. The study is carried on with purposive sample (N=8) from both urban and rural cases of Assam. It is expected to identify the role of social media in strengthening the queer life from socio-cultural dynamics.

Heteronormativity, Gender Diversity, Queer, Queer Visibility, Social Media