• From Shōjo Manga to Yaoi in Indonesia (abstract)
  -Kania Arini SUKOTJO (National University of Singapore) (bio)
• Japanese Boys Love Manga Fandom in Thailand: An Overview (abstract)
  -Poowin BUNYAVEJCHEWIN (Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Thailand) (bio)
• BL Fandom Online: A Case Study of the BL Board on PTT (abstract)
  -Feichi CHIANG (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) (bio)
• Desi Desu: Sex, Sexuality, and BL Consumption in Urban India (abstract)
  -Lakshmi MENON (HHMSPB NSS College for Women, Trivandrum, India) (bio)
• Discussant: Mark McLELLAND (University of Wollongong, Australia) (bio)

Lunch Break

Note: While there are a number of restaurants and convenient stores en route from Hakuraku Station to Kanagawa University, there are very few close to the university itself. Please plan accordingly.

Conflict and Contention within and beyond BL Fandoms

• “Send Them to Mars!” The Eve of Trans-Localism and Radical Online Erotica in Hong Kong (abstract)
  —Katrien JACOBS (Chinese University of Hong Kong) (bio) presented by Jacobs
  —Holly Lixian HOU (Chinese University of Hong Kong) (bio)
• Boys Love Is a Battlefield: Recent Conflicts within the South Korean Otaku/Fujoshi Community(abstract)
  —Hyojin KIM (Seoul National University, South Korea) (bio)
• Repression or Revolution? On the Fǔnǔ Community’s Reactions to the Same-Sex Marriage Legalization Movement in Taiwan (abstract)
  —Peiti WANG (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) (bio)
• Discussant: Akiko HORI (Bunkyo University, Japan) (bio)

• Between BL and Slash: Danmei Fiction, Transcultural Mediation, and Changing Gender Norms in Contemporary China (abstract)
  —Yanrui XU (Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, China) (bio) presented by Xu
  —Ling YANG (Xiamen University, China) (bio)
• The “Engaged Spectator” and the Dissolution of the Structured, Reticent Homophobic Silence in East Asia: On Taiwan’s Printing of Online BL Fictions from Mainland China(abstract)
  —Xi LIN (Fudan University, China) (bio)
• Glocalizing Boys Love Dōjinshi in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Australia (abstract)
  —Kristine Michelle SANTOS (University of Wollongong, Australia) (bio)
• Discussant: Naoko MORI (Kansai University, Japan) (bio)

• Aspirational Readings of Boys Love: BL as a “Resource of Hope” for Temporary Chinese Gay Migrants in Japan (abstract)
  —Thomas BAUDINETTE (Macquarie University, Australia) (bio)
• Projecting Dissonant Passion: How Identity Negotiation among Indonesian BL Fans Shapes Their Perception of LGBT Issues (abstract)
  —Gita Pramudita Prameswari (Sophia University, Japan) (bio)
• Thai Boys Give Good Love: Y-Couple Fandom in Thailand (abstract)
  —KANG Byung’chu Dredge (University of California San Diego, USA) (bio)
• Discussant: Akiko MIZOGUCHI (Waseda University, Japan) (bio)

Lunch Break

Note: While there are a number of restaurants and convenient stores en route from Hakuraku Station to Kanagawa University, there are very few close to the university itself. Please plan accordingly.

• Straight Men, Gay Buddies: The Chinese BL Boom and Its Impact on Male Homosociality (abstract)
  —Wei WEI (East China Normal University, China) (bio)
• Yaoi and BL Couplings: Filipino Fans Envisioning an Alternative Model of Intimacy (abstract)
  —Tricia Abigail Santos FERMIN (Independent scholar, Japan) (bio)
• Masculinity Myths among Singaporean Fudanshi (abstract)
  —Aerin LAI (Ochanomizu University, Japan) (bio)
• On The Psychology, Physicality, and Communication Strategies of Fudanshi: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of East Asian Men’s Desires and Hopes to “Become” Fudanshi(abstract)
  —Kazumi NAGAIKE (Oita University, Japan) (bio)
• Discussant: Patrick W. GALBRAITH (Sophia University) (bio)