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...
A Chinese queer media platform had its WeChat account shut down after it reported on the closure of an LGBTQ-friendly hostel in Wuhan, China. GS, short for GaySpot (乐点 Lè Diǎn), became the latest victim of the clampdown on...
Late in the evening on Tuesday, July 6, WeChat simultaneously deleted dozens of LGBTQ+-related public accounts. A number of these were run by student groups at China’s most prestigious universities, and had operated for years...
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....
Lesbian content was banned on Sina Weibo last week, with related same-sex discussion forums and...
While the Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” was criticized by some Westerners for...
A kindergarten teacher in Qingdao is taking a local school to court for firing him over his sexual...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the first two parts of a three-part profile. Part one told the story of Ma Hu’s childhood, and how she dealt with her gender and sexual...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently introduced her friend Ma Hu with the...
Beijing-based women’s rights activist Xiao Meili recently shared part one of a two-part...
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...
The European Broadcasting Union has terminated its contract with Chinese broadcaster Mango TV,...
On Monday, Chinese microblogging platform Weibo cancelled plans, announced four days previously,...
On April 13, Sina Weibo announced a three-month ban on pornographic, violent, and homosexual...
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The New York Times’ Raymond Zhong reported this week on a popular news, blog, and...
In a new report released this week, New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the Chinese...
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