Constructing collectivity in diversity: Online political mobilization of a national LGBT political party

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Communication

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Media, Culture and Society

Volume

36

Issue

1

First Page

20

Last Page

36

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

The internet has opened up a space for discussions of queer sexuality and the interconnectivity made possible by internet technologies enables the active exchange of queer ideologies across distant spaces that facilitate the formation of 'queer counterpublics'. But how do cyberqueer movements form a collectivity amid the instability of individual and collective identities and the vulnerabilities and controls posed by new technology mediation? Through the case study of Ladlad, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) political party in the Philippines, this paper examines the role of online media in the construction of a queer movement. The article argues that the process of connectivity facilitated by online spaces creates nodes of identification, belonging, and support that symbolically form a collective site of resistance to sources of oppressive power for LGBTs. © The Author(s) 2013.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0163443713507812

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