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Reading GAM in craigslist personal ads: Constructing gay Asian males during the negotiation of anal intercourse -and- Remembering spatially: Refocussing the history of Vancouver's gay community
by Byron King Hin Lee
| Institution: | Simon Fraser University |
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| Year: | 2007 |
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| Record ID: | 1811343 |
| Full text PDF: | http://summit.sfu.ca/item/8116 |
The identity “gay Asian male” (GAM) is proposed and contested in online personal ads, where ethnicity and other visible traits are used to describe individuals as attractive suitors and demand or refuse potential partners. This paper explores the relationship between identity and desire, focusing on representations of GAM in craigslist ads, a site where men seek men for sexual encounters. In particular, it considers GAM as constructed by cultural meanings derived from characteristics put by HIV/AIDS prevention literature. Existing historical geographies of gay communities in North America, including local media representation
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Reading GAM in craigslist personal ads: Constructing gay Asian males during the negotiation of anal intercourse -and- Remembering spatially: Refocussing the history of Vancouver's gay community