Jiacheng Liu

Jiacheng Liu (they/them/"tā") is a dual-title PhD candidate (ABD) in Mass Communications & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research explores (a) the transnational circulation of trans and queer of color culture (e.g., Ballroom culture) in/across Asia, (b) the mutual shaping of queer politics and digital media in China, and (c) intersectionality and activism in China and Asian diaspora.

Their previous works, which examine queer media production, gay digital dating and Chinese digital feminism, have appeared in Sexualities, Information, Communication & Society, Feminist Media Studies, International Journal of Communication, and Men and Masculinities.

Prior to this PhD, they worked at a gay social app company in Beijing and volunteered for a Guangzhou-based NGO focusing on elderly gay men. Born and raised in South China, they have an unchangeable love for Cantonese food.

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1. Liu, J. & Miao W. (2024). Platformized production of homonationalism: An ethnography of queer media production in China, Sexualities, DOI: 10.1177/13634607241287944
2. Liu, J. (2023). Empathy as exoneration or resistance? The politics of male empathy in the Chinese #MeToo movement, Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1986092
3. Miao, W., Liu, J. & Wu, S. (2022). Embedded symbiosis: An institutional approach to government-business relationship in the Chinese internet industry, Information, Communication & Society, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128600.
4. Zhao, L., Liu, J. & Li, Z. (2022). Online dating beyond dating apps: An examination of self-presentation of Chinese gay men dating on Zhihu, International Journal of Communication
5. Liu, J. (2022). Review of "Asians Loving Asians: Sticky Rice Homoeroticism and Queer Politics by Shinsuke Eguchi," Men & Masculinities, DOI: 10.1177/1097184X221123791.