Queer Spaces, Modem Boys And Pagan Statues

Woodland illustrates the gay/lesbian identity and how the internet allows for communication, because in a world of pure communication,"looks don't matter and only the best writers get laid." Woodland discusses the four examples of Bulletin Board Systems in which gay/lesbian people can interact and discuss topics in a forum of their peers. He discusses America online, Modem Boy, ISCA BBS, and Lambda MOO. His targeted audience is clearly the gay/lesbian community, however everyone can benefit from this article.
Its a perfect illustration in this day and age that even though you may live in PoDunk, USA where catholicism dominates and political conservatism is at its peak, that a person can still escape to a cyberworld of open-mindedness.