My research focuses on the ways in which the on-going commercialisation, commodification and gentrification of gay/queer physical space (i.e., ‘gay ghettos’) and gay/queer virtual space has led to the emergence of counter-homonormative virtual spaces (e.g., online bulletin boards, online social-sexual networks, web-based social networking applications) which are used to facilitate the sharing of drug-driven sexual experiences among gay and queer men. Through this research, I also explore the stigmatisation, marginalisation and oppression of gay and queer men by gay men, specifically, as well as by the contemporary ‘gay rights’ movement, generally.