摘要
Through an ethnographic study of the journal Friend Exchange that is part of the Health Prevention Project for Homosexuals in China's Mainland, this article explores the following two issues ： （ 1 ） Friend Exchange is used as an example for studying the dynamic operation of alternative media by analysing its production and circulation with a vision of multiculturalist equality, （ 2 ） Friend Exchange is a media representation of the gay community, which can reflect the construction of the public sphere for the underprivileged in China. The examination of these two issues will help us critically review contemporary communication studies.
