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Added on: 09/19/2021

Chinese LGBT athlete comes out as gay on social media and receives huge support despite government repression and censorship

9/14/21

A Chinese volleyball athlete has taken the rare step of publicly revealing she is gay by releasing a marriage-registry-style photo of her and her girlfriend on Weibo….

Global News

Added on: 09/16/2021

Hong Kong Gay Games postponed due to Covid travel restrictions

09/15/2021

The Hong Kong Gay Games have been postponed until November 2023 in view of the current coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions, its organisers have told HKFP. The…

Global News

Added on: 09/05/2021

Local walking tour takes deep dive into the world of Hong Kong’s LGBT community

9/4/21

Beneath a rainbow-coloured umbrella, tour guide Michael Tsang Chi-fai addresses a rapt audience about a four-hour walk ahead. “We’re going to visit different places you may have…

Global News

Added on: 08/30/2021

Chinese school targets LGBTQ students with probe

08/29/2021

A Chinese university appears to have asked its colleges to make lists of their LGBTQ+ students and report on their “state of mind,” a purported internal directive…

Global News

Added on: 08/19/2021

The Nonbinary Chinese Fighting to Live Their Truth

08/18/2021

Chao Xiaomi cut quite a figure as she strutted down an alley near the Forbidden City in the brilliant May sunshine. The 38-year-old was dressed to kill…

Global News

Added on: 08/05/2021

Chinese Social Media Nationalists Attack LGBTQ Film Festival Run By Foreign Consulates

07/29/2021

Nationalist users on Chinese social media platform Weibo have attacked foreign consulates in the southern capital of Guangzhou for seeking to “bring down China” with an LGBTQ…

Global News

Added on: 07/16/2021

These 15 Historical Examples Of LGBTQ Culture Around The World You Might Not Have Known About

07/13/2021

Nonbinary Vikings – Viking imagery in contemporary culture is heavily associated with stereotypes surrounding masculinity; long-haired, heavily muscled warriors are used to sell everything from beer to…

Global News

Added on: 07/14/2021

LGBTQ in China lament ‘dark day’ after social media crackdown

07/13/2021

Chengdu, China – A week ago without warning, WeChat, a popular social media platform in China, permanently suspended the official accounts of more than a dozen college…

Global News

Added on: 07/14/2021

LGBTQ in China lament ‘dark day’ after social media crackdown

07/13/2021

A week ago without warning, WeChat, a popular social media platform in China, permanently suspended the official accounts of more than a dozen college LGBTQ groups, igniting…

Global News

Added on: 07/11/2021

Chinese social media shutdown of LGBT student groups ‘highlights backlash against Western influences’

7/11/21

The closure of dozens of LGBT student organisations’ WeChat accounts this week may be the result of a larger Chinese nationalist backlash against perceived Western influences, according…

Global News

Added on: 07/09/2021

China’s LGBTQ community is fading from rainbow to gray

07/09/2021

During this year’s Pride Month, soccer star Li Ying made history as China’s first female athlete to come out publicly as gay, in a candid series of…

Global News

Added on: 07/08/2021

U.S. concerned by reports of China LGBTQI Plus social media curbs

07/07/2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it was concerned about reports that China had restricted use of social media accounts of LGBTQI Plus…

Global News

Added on: 07/07/2021

LGBTQ Social Media Groups at Most Major Chinese Universities Shuttered Overnight

07/06/2021

Tencent’s WeChat social media platform on Tuesday evening blocked and wiped all past content of the accounts for the campus LGBTQ groups of China’s top universities, striking…

Global News

Added on: 06/25/2021

Ray Yeung has been telling queer Asian stories for years and people are finally taking notice

06/25/2021

In the ongoing conversation about LGBTQ representation, sometimes the need to expand beyond the American zeitgeist gets lost. Last year, writer/director Ray Yeung managed to do just…

Global News

Added on: 06/24/2021

Cultural Closet: It’s a challenge for LGBT Asians to come out to relatives in their homelands

06/24/2021

Xiukui Ji, a then-22-year old Chinese international student at the University of Arizona, was on the phone with his sister when he told her, “Oh, by the…

Global News

Added on: 06/22/2021

At Shanghai Job Fair, Advocates Call for More LGBT Inclusion

06/22/2021

SHANGHAI — Lauren Qiang used to live a double life: She pretended to be straight at home but wasn’t worried about her sexual orientation while at work….

Global News

Added on: 06/10/2021

Equality watchdog, LGBT activists hit back at pro-Beijing lawmakers’ attacks on Gay Games

06/10/2021

LGBT activists and the Equal Opportunities Commission have lambasted pro-Beijing lawmakers for opposing the 2022 Gay Games. The event promotes values of equality, inclusion and diversity, and…

Global News

Added on: 06/08/2021

Lesbian couple in China sues over hetero-only ‘couples discount’

06/07/2021

It’s certainly not Pride month in China. A lesbian couple is suing a zoo in Guangzhou as well as the tourism booking service Ctrip after they were…

Global News

Added on: 05/28/2021

Dior chooses Chinese transgender star as an ambassador for its new fragrance campaign

05/27/2021

Dior, the French house owned by LVMH, the largest luxury group in the world, is collaborating with China’s transgender celebrity Jin Xing for a campaign centred on…

Global News

Added on: 04/24/2021

Together for 50 years, a lawsuit reminds China that love and marriage are very different things

04/22/2021

After more than 50 years of living with her partner, a Chinese lesbian woman in her late 70s faced a lawsuit from her partner’s family to return…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2021

LGBT Couples Not Entitled to Full Property Rights, Court Rules

05/21/2021

A court’s recent ruling that same-sex couples aren’t entitled to the same property rights as married heterosexual couples has once again highlighted the legal predicaments many LGBT…

Global News

Added on: 04/21/2021

Owner of China’s biggest gay dating app enters online healthcare business focusing on men’s health

04/21/2021

BlueCity Holdings, owner of China’s biggest gay dating app, Blued, announced on Tuesday that He Health, the brand’s health service platform for men, has officially obtained an…

Global News

Added on: 04/14/2021

The Man on a Mission to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in China

04/13/2021

The wedding in the spring of 2016 was unlike any China had ever witnessed — two men stood shoulder to shoulder in matching purple tuxedos, professing love…

World Voices

Added on: 04/06/2021

Yi Yang: Judicial Activist, Program Officer – LGBT Rights Advocacy, China

Xong Xhang

Alturi Contributor

What is it like to be LGBTIQ+ in China? Reflecting on the LGBTIQ+ situation in China, Yi outlined his personal experiences as a gay man, and the…

Global News

Added on: 04/01/2021

‘Beautiful and fierce’: Voguing balls let LGBT Chinese shine

03/31/2021

Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut — voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China’s LGBT community a “playground” to celebrate their identities. Sashaying…

Global News

Added on: 03/30/2021

Popular young Chinese internet celebrity announces she is transgender

03/29/2021

Abbily, a popular 19-year-old internet celebrity has attracted attention and support – by announcing that she is transgender. “Now, I’m officially a girl…” the star wrote on…

Global News

Added on: 03/28/2021

Legal experts launch China’s first non-profit foundation dedicated to offering legal aid to LGBTQ community

3/17/21

China’s first non-profit foundation dedicated to training legal talents and offering legal aid to the LGBTQ community was launched on Tuesday by three Chinese lawyers and a…

Global News

Added on: 03/19/2021

‘Deal with it’, school in China tells gay high school student bullied and sexually assaulted for months

03/18/2021

A gay teenager was subjected to months of emotional and physical bullying, including repeated instances of sexual assault, at a school in China. In the most severe…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2021

China proposes teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles

03/05/2021

No one invited Bu Yunhao to be in their group for the annual class trip. The other fifth graders at Shanghai Shangde Experimental School made fun of…

Global News

Added on: 03/03/2021

Homosexuality can still be called a mental disorder in China, court rules

03/02/2021

A court in China‘s eastern Jiangsu province has ruled in favour of a publisher that described homosexuality as a “psychological disorder” in a university textbook. The Suyu…