Alexter is the fan name for the fictional pairing of two actual Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution student leaders, Alex Chow Yong-kang, 24, and Lester Shum, 21, a relationship that has an ardent following on popular social media sites like Twitter,
The multiple influences in Chinese speaking online BL-fandom
The tropes, jargon and conventions of Western slash fandom have also been imported via the Internet and begun to merge with those of the Japan-originated BL fandom in the Chinese-speaking cyberspace. Lavin, Maud; Yang, Ling; Zhao, Jing Jamie 2017. Boy’s
The queerness of fandom spaces
Thus, we see fandom itself as queer in essence, as it has positioned itself as a „heterotopia” – a social and communal space that has been in constant exchange and contestation with mainstream society and cultures. Lavin, Maud; Yang, Ling;
Queer fandom and queer movements in China
Fandom as a subculture is usually have a close relationship with queer subcultures. We can see this relationship in Chinese fandoms, too. Reading (the main character in a television adaptation) as a gay man, thus, could result in either criticism