I'd also recommend (as background): Berry, Chris, Fran Martin and Audrey Yue (2003). Mobile cultures: new media in queer Asia. Durham, Duke University Press. but, the other 2 references mentioned are also great resources/must reads. best, mary ________________________ Mary L. Gray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty Gender Studies Department and American Studies Program Indiana University 800 East 3rd Street Bloomington, IN 47405 ph. 812/855.4379 fx. 812/855.6014 email: mLg@indiana.edu http://www.indiana.edu/~qcentral On Oct 3, 2007, at 3:51 PM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:

Message: 14 Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:02:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Steven Doran <sedoran2@uiuc.edu> Subject: [Air-L] Queer online To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <20071003130258.AWK44646@expms5.cites.uiuc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi there,

Venturing into a new area hear and was just wondering if anyone can make suggestions on good reading in the world of online queer indentity, especially Bear culture. Anything from chat rooms to message boards to online personal ads. All comments are welcome.

Thanks,

Steven Doran Institute for Communications Research University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign sedoran2@uiuc.edu