Alexander Dhoest is associate professor in Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His research explores the significance of popular media culture in relation to social identities, focusing in particular on media and diversity.Lukasz Szulc is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Marie Curie Fellow in the Media and Communication Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Bart Eeckhout is professor of English and American Literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He studied at Columbia University and Ghent University and has been a visiting professor at Fordham University and New York University, USA. He is a NIAS Fellow-in-Residence for the academic year 2016-17.

"This collection addresses the Anglo-American bias in much LGBTQ media research and offers the reader a series of snapshots, both past and present, that detail how European LGBTQ people have used, and continue to engage with, media technologies, texts and practices. A must-read for anyone who is interested in work in this area." --Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex

• ForewordRichard DyerIntroductionAlexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc and Bart EeckhoutPart I. Histories of Representation in Mass Media and Beyond1. Respectably Gay: Homodomesticity in Ireland’s First Public Broadcast of a Homosexual CouplePáraic Kerrigan2. Breaking the Silence: The Early Portuguese Lesbian Press Ana Maria Brandão, Tânia Cristina Machado and Joana Afonso3. ‘I Am My Own Special Creation’: Sexual and Gender Differences in the Music Performances of an Antwerp Drag Show CompanyRobbe Herreman and Alexander DhoestPart II. Media Consumption, Identification and Role Models 4. Coming Out in the Digital Age: The Opportunities and Limitations of Internet Use in Queer-Lesbian Coming-Out Experiences in GermanyUlrike Roth5. ‘I Think I’m Quite Fluid with Those Kinds of Things’: Exploring Music and Non-Heterosexual Women’s IdentitiesMarion Wasserbauer6. ‘I Worry That They’ll Pick on Someone I Care about’: Trans People’s Perceptions of the British Mass Media and Its Impact on Their Mental Health and Well-Being Louis Bailey, Jay McNeil and Sonja J. EllisPart III. LGBTQs as Producers in the Digital Age: Blogging7. Safe Space, Dangerous Space: Counterpublic Discourses in the Russian LGBT Blogging Community Evgeniya Boklage8. Is the Pope Judging You? Digital Narratives on Religion and Homosexuality in ItalyGiulia Evolvi9. Contesting Hegemonic Gender and Sexuality Discourses on the Web: A Semiotic Analysis of Latvian and Polish LGBTQ and Feminist Blogs Joanna Chojnicka

Alexander Dhoest is associate professor in Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His research explores the significance of popular media culture in relation to social identities, focusing in particular on media and diversity.Lukasz Szulc is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Marie Curie Fellow in the Media and Communication Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Bart Eeckhout is professor of English and American Literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He studied at Columbia University and Ghent University and has been a visiting professor at Fordham University and New York University, USA. He is a NIAS Fellow-in-Residence for the academic year 2016-17.

"This collection addresses the Anglo-American bias in much LGBTQ media research and offers the reader a series of snapshots, both past and present, that detail how European LGBTQ people have used, and continue to engage with, media technologies, texts and practices. A must-read for anyone who is interested in work in this area." --Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex

• ForewordRichard DyerIntroductionAlexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc and Bart EeckhoutPart I. Histories of Representation in Mass Media and Beyond1. Respectably Gay: Homodomesticity in Ireland’s First Public Broadcast of a Homosexual CouplePáraic Kerrigan2. Breaking the Silence: The Early Portuguese Lesbian Press Ana Maria Brandão, Tânia Cristina Machado and Joana Afonso3. ‘I Am My Own Special Creation’: Sexual and Gender Differences in the Music Performances of an Antwerp Drag Show CompanyRobbe Herreman and Alexander DhoestPart II. Media Consumption, Identification and Role Models 4. Coming Out in the Digital Age: The Opportunities and Limitations of Internet Use in Queer-Lesbian Coming-Out Experiences in GermanyUlrike Roth5. ‘I Think I’m Quite Fluid with Those Kinds of Things’: Exploring Music and Non-Heterosexual Women’s IdentitiesMarion Wasserbauer6. ‘I Worry That They’ll Pick on Someone I Care about’: Trans People’s Perceptions of the British Mass Media and Its Impact on Their Mental Health and Well-Being Louis Bailey, Jay McNeil and Sonja J. EllisPart III. LGBTQs as Producers in the Digital Age: Blogging7. Safe Space, Dangerous Space: Counterpublic Discourses in the Russian LGBT Blogging Community Evgeniya Boklage8. Is the Pope Judging You? Digital Narratives on Religion and Homosexuality in ItalyGiulia Evolvi9. Contesting Hegemonic Gender and Sexuality Discourses on the Web: A Semiotic Analysis of Latvian and Polish LGBTQ and Feminist Blogs Joanna Chojnicka

Alexander Dhoest is associate professor in Communication Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His research explores the significance of popular media culture in relation to social identities, focusing in particular on media and diversity.Lukasz Szulc is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Marie Curie Fellow in the Media and Communication Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Bart Eeckhout is professor of English and American Literature at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He studied at Columbia University and Ghent University and has been a visiting professor at Fordham University and New York University, USA. He is a NIAS Fellow-in-Residence for the academic year 2016-17.

"This collection addresses the Anglo-American bias in much LGBTQ media research and offers the reader a series of snapshots, both past and present, that detail how European LGBTQ people have used, and continue to engage with, media technologies, texts and practices. A must-read for anyone who is interested in work in this area." --Sharif Mowlabocus, University of Sussex

• ForewordRichard DyerIntroductionAlexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc and Bart EeckhoutPart I. Histories of Representation in Mass Media and Beyond1. Respectably Gay: Homodomesticity in Ireland’s First Public Broadcast of a Homosexual CouplePáraic Kerrigan2. Breaking the Silence: The Early Portuguese Lesbian Press Ana Maria Brandão, Tânia Cristina Machado and Joana Afonso3. ‘I Am My Own Special Creation’: Sexual and Gender Differences in the Music Performances of an Antwerp Drag Show CompanyRobbe Herreman and Alexander DhoestPart II. Media Consumption, Identification and Role Models 4. Coming Out in the Digital Age: The Opportunities and Limitations of Internet Use in Queer-Lesbian Coming-Out Experiences in GermanyUlrike Roth5. ‘I Think I’m Quite Fluid with Those Kinds of Things’: Exploring Music and Non-Heterosexual Women’s IdentitiesMarion Wasserbauer6. ‘I Worry That They’ll Pick on Someone I Care about’: Trans People’s Perceptions of the British Mass Media and Its Impact on Their Mental Health and Well-Being Louis Bailey, Jay McNeil and Sonja J. EllisPart III. LGBTQs as Producers in the Digital Age: Blogging7. Safe Space, Dangerous Space: Counterpublic Discourses in the Russian LGBT Blogging Community Evgeniya Boklage8. Is the Pope Judging You? Digital Narratives on Religion and Homosexuality in ItalyGiulia Evolvi9. Contesting Hegemonic Gender and Sexuality Discourses on the Web: A Semiotic Analysis of Latvian and Polish LGBTQ and Feminist Blogs Joanna Chojnicka