01996cam a22001931i 4500020001800000041000900018082001800027245007900045260004300124300003200167504005100199520141600250546001301666650003001679650001601709650002501725650002401750700002801774  a9781032050003  aeng.00a306.766bLGB-00aLGBTQ Digital Cultures :ba global perspective /cedited by Paromita Pain.  aNew York :bTaylor and Francis,c2022.  a294p.b26 B/W Illustrations  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Emphasizing an intersectional and transnational approach, this collection examines 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 technologies have made queer cultural production more expansive and how such technological 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 identity 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 studies. It will also be of interest to activists wanting to learn more about the transformative potential of digital media and technology in LGBTQ advocacy and empowerment around the globe"--  aEnglish. 0aGaysxPolitical activity. 0aGay rights. 0aMass media and gays. 0aGays in mass media.1 aPain, Paromitaeeditor.