The sudden and unexplained closure of a number of WeChat accounts dedicated to gay, trans, asexual, and feminist issues marks the latest setback for LGBTQ+ and women’s speech rights in China. The mass account closures happened...
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....
The labor arbitration panel in China’s first transgender job discrimination case has ruled...
A labor arbitration panel in Guiyang held a hearing on Monday in China’s first transgender...
South China Morning Post’s Laura Zhou and The New York Times’ Amy Qin report...
Discussion is now underway over the new proposed sex change rules. From BBC News: China is set to formalise the rules covering sex change operations to ensure that all those who want surgery meet certain requirements. Those who...
From Xinhua: Ying Ning, the 33-year-old Tianjin man who became a woman through transsexual operations, got a new Chinese ID card as a female on Tuesday. “I am so excited to receive it after a month-long wait,” said...
American photographer Rian Dundon focuses his lens on the life of transgender dancer Huang Ping in Changsha, Hunan Province. The slideshow has been published in Germany’s Stern magazine here. For English captions, visit...
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