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LGBTQ DIGITAL CULTURES Emphasizing an intersectional and transnational approach, this collection exam- ines how social media and digital technologies have impacted the sphere of LGBTQ activism, advocacy, education, empowerment, identity, protest, and self-expression. This edited collection adopts a critical and cultural studies perspective to examine queer cyberculture and presence. Through the lens of representation and identity politics, it explores topics such as race, disability, and colonialism, alongside sexuality and gender. The collection examines how digital technolo- gies have made queer cultural production more expansive and how such tech- nological affordances and platforms have enabled queer cultural practices to be more transformational. Bringing together contributors and case studies from different countries, the contributions grapple with the tensions that arise when visibility, hiddenness, renditions of the self, and collective contractions of iden- tity must be negotiated in a variety of global contexts and explores this influence on contemporary political identities. This book provides an essential introduction to LGBTQ digital cultures for students, researchers, and scholars of media, communication, and cultural stud- ies. It will also be of interest to activists wanting to learn more about the trans- formative potential of digital media and technology in LGBTQ advocacy and empowerment around the globe. Paromita Pain is Assistant Professor of Global Media and Affiliate Faculty of the Cybersecurity Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on alternate media and global journalism practices from feminist and LGBTQ perspectives. She has a particular interest in international communication and newsroom norms. She has researched journalism and news practices and LGBTQ activism in India, Taiwan, the USA, and Latin America. LGBTQ DIGITAL CULTURES A Global Perspective Edited by Paromita Pain Cover image: © Rawpixel/Getty Images First published 2022 by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 and by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2022 selection and editorial matter, Paromita Pain; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Paromita Pain to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title has been requested ISBN: 978-1-032-05183-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-05000-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-19645-7 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003196457 Typeset in Bembo Std by KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. For my grandmothers Latika Pain (New Delhi) & Hasi Ghosh (Calcutta) CONTENTS List of contributors x Introduction 1 1 Queer Cuarentena and “Mandinga Times”: Rita Indiana, Caribbean Artivism, and LGBTQ+ Social Media Spheres During COVID-19 8 Ruthie Meadows 2 Online Discourse Framing of LGBTQIA+ Student Activism in the Philippines 24 Jonalou S. Labor and Ma. Rosel S. San Pascual 3 Take a Look Inside: Exploring Closets as Fingerprints of the Queer Community 48 Pooja (Jo) Krishnakumar 4 “Not All Black Guys Are Tops”: Pushing Back against Racist Sexual Stereotypes Surrounding the Black Male Body on Gay Dating Apps 66 Roy Celaire 5 Alighting on the Digital: Trans Migrant Testimonios 77 Lydia Huerta Moreno 6 Examining the Iranian LGBTQ Counterpublics on Instagram 89 Niloofar Hooman viii Contents 7 Negotiating the Non-negotiable: Debating Transgender Issues on Chinese Social Media 101 Songyin Liu 8 Queer Marketing, Who Is It Really For?: Identifying a Strategy for Authentic Approaches to LGBTQ+ Branded Messages 116 Becky Parsons and Mildred F. Perreault 9 New Channels in Trans Activism: Lubunya Digital Cultures in Turkey 130 Esra Ozban 10 Queering the Social: Facebook Groups and the Indian Queer Counterpublic 144 Sreyoshi Dey 11 Theorizing Cultures of Oversharing on TikTok 158 Kailyn Slater 12 Her Phallic Sword: Hypersexual Cyberqueer Activism on Social Media Platforms 169 Matthew Hester 13 Feminists against Same-Sex Marriage: Queer Counterpublics in a Contested Digital Space 183 Yidong (Steven) Wang 14 #Shadowbanned: Queer, Trans, and Disabled Creator Responses to Algorithmic Oppression on TikTok 196 Jessica Sage Rauchberg 15 Bangladesh’s Invisible Cyberqueers: Self-image, Identity Management, and Erotic Expressions on Grindr 210 Nur E Makbul and Md. Ashraful Goni 16 How Queer is Sex Education?: Analyzing Its Non-normative Gender Identities and Forbidden Fantasies 224 Lucia Gloria Vázquez-Rodriguez, Francisco A. Zurian and Francisco José García-Ramos Contents ix 17 LGBTQ2S Across Canada: CBC YouTube Discourse 236 matthew heinz 18 Not a Phase (Nor for Your Gaze): Resistive Audiovisual Esthetics and Practices in Cyberqueer Spaces 251 Samantha McEwan Index 265
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