Warm greetings, Second Life citizens! I am a graduate student in education, and I've played my fair share of online games and in online universes (Mostly Lambda MOO and City of Heroes, a while back, to be honest). In taking apart my own identity and others' experience of it, I had some interesting things to reflect regarding my online experiences, especially role-playing as identities different from my own (as a black character, as a gay character, as a female character, as a black gay female alien...you get the idea) I've decided to do a presentation based on my own experience and the experience of others in online environments. I'm looking for stories and screenshots from anyone willing to share their own experience of identy (race, religion, gender, sexuality), transformation, celebration, prejudice, oppression, what have you. Second Life seems like it could be a place rife with this sort of experience! I've only logged into the world a couple times, and it seemed interesting, but I was honestly a little lost. I just started rolling a character again, and I couldn't help but notice that the only appreciably black avatars were in the vampire category. No judgment! It's just an observation, and I wonder if it hasn't been a topic of conversation already. So, anyways, do please share any stories you might have, or links to relevant fan fiction or articles or blogs that might address these issues! I'm going to thumb through some of what's out there, but I'm sure there are people who have a much better bead on the content than I do. Also, if you prefer to e-mail me, I'm at jedbeetle@gmail.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous to any degree (no screenname mention or whatever), I will totally respect that when sharing your story, of course. Thanks for your time! Hope to hear from any number of you soon.