The series engage with online practices for finding sex partners, relationship partners and community support. This paper will explore how the importance of online media in the lives of queer Southeast Asians comes together in various ways in the content and potential meaning making of these series. Often funded by NGOs with a specific interest in developing knowledge about sexual health and informed decision for people living with and at risk of HIV, these series, to varying degrees integrate educational and entertainment objectives. In particular a small number of series have specifically focused on queer individuals fearing, contracting, testing for, or living with HIV.
Recent years have seen a range of web series from different parts of South East Asia which engage with HIV AIDS in different ways. Numbers living with HIV are also increasing due to improving though inconsistent access to anti-retroviral treatments. Rates of new HIV infection in some Southeast Asian countries are among the highest in Asia, and queer Southeast Asians are often among the most at risk groups.
