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 the intersection of digital platforms, trans and queer of color culture, and social movements in China and the Asian diaspora.

Specifically, Liu's current research focuses on three areas: (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 Chinese diasporic activism. Their previous works have been published in Sexualities, Information, Communication & Society, Feminist Media Studies, International Journal of Communication, and Men and Masculinities.

Prior to this PhD, Liu worked at a LGBTQ social app company in Beijing and a Guangzhou-based NGO focusing on elderly gay men. Born and raised in South China, they have an enduring passion 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.