In apparent solidarity with the anti-regime protests currently gripping Iran, the Iranian men’s national soccer team refused to sing the national anthem before their opening match in the 2022 World Cup, which is being hosted by...
Leaked documents revealed last weekend that Shanghai University has ordered its colleges to collect lists of LGBTQ+ students and report on their personal lives. Citing unspecified “relevant requirements,” the university of...
The Chinese Psychiatric Association de-listed homosexuality as a mental disorder in 2001, effectively de-legitimizing “conversion therapy,” but the pseudo-science of “correcting” people’s sexual...
Although homosexuality was decriminalized in 1997 and delisted as a psychiatric disorder in 2001, the Chinese LGBTQ+ community continues to face discrimination and marginalization from both the Chinese state and Chinese society....
A kindergarten teacher in Qingdao is taking a local school to court for firing him over his sexual...
After recent moves by authorities to push back against the growing visibility of LGBT groups in the media, China’s LGBT rights advocates tread incredibly cautiously in organizing activities to observe this year’s...
In a new report released this week, New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the Chinese...
A popular Chinese virtual private network provider, GreenVPN, has ceased operation after being...
A series of sex education textbooks used in elementary schools in China has triggered a debate...
After being denied a license to marry his same-sex partner Hu Mingliang by the Changsha civil...
At the Hong Kong Free Press, Karen Cheung reports on wide-ranging new rules that will ban content...
The Washington Post’s Emily Rauhala reports on Chen Qiuyan (aka Qiu Bai), a 20-year-old...
Al Jazeera’s digital news channel AJ+ has released a video report profiling LGBT rights...
A Chinese psychiatric clinic has been ordered to pay compensation to a gay man who sued the clinic...
Gay rights activists in China are becoming increasingly worried after a lawsuit filed against gay...
At That’s magazine, Will Philipps writes about the Beijing’s growing community of...
At The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson talks to noted sexologist Li Yinhe about public and...
South China Morning Post’s Laura Zhou and The New York Times’ Amy Qin report...
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