ABSTRACT

“From actual communities we flee to virtual ones: cyberspace,” writes William F. Pinar. What a pointed comment. For many Chinese gay youth, gay bars/clubs are luxury places beyond their affordability: forty yuan (about five dollars) for a glass of beer. Furthermore, cruising places and bathhouses are too risky and sexually explicit with the possibility of being raided. Thus, the Internet is the perfect world: for talking to another gay, chat online; for viewing news on gay movements all over the globe, visit gay Web sites; for reading gay romance, click the story section; for having sex, try cybersex.