Internet History on Sino-Global Gender Diversity Libraryhttps://www.genderlibs.org/categories/internet-history/Recent content in Internet History on Sino-Global Gender Diversity LibraryHugoenCopyright © 2024-2026 GenderLibs. All Rights Reserved.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700From Nanliang to Xiao Nanliang: How a Homophonic Place Name Became a Platform Labelhttps://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanliang-xiaonanliang-platform-language/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/08/nanliang-xiaonanliang-platform-language/Abstract Nanliang (南梁) is first of all the conventional Chinese name of the Southern Liang dynasty. On Chinese platforms in the mid-2020s, however, the same two characters also became a playful near-homophone of nanniang (男娘), a contemporary label associated with feminine male presentation. The diminutive Xiao Nanliang (小南梁, “little Nanl