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Tencent apologises to Apple CEO Tim Cook for calling him a "sufferer of homosexuality"

Tencent apologises to Apple CEO Tim Cook for calling him a "sufferer of homosexuality"

Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant that is known for its instant messaging software QQ, has apologised for describing Apple's new CEO Tim Cook as a "sufferer of homosexuality" ("同性恋患者") in a recent article on its content portal. more ›

LGBT groups sign off Douban in protest against homophobic moderation policy

LGBT groups sign off Douban in protest against homophobic moderation policy

In an announcement made on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) on Tuesday, May 17, multiple LGBT advocacy groups, mostly based in Beijing, say they have decided to cancel their accounts on Douban, one of China's leading social networks, in protest against its alleged homophobic moderation policy. more ›

Singer Li Na first Chinese celebrity to tell gay youths that "It Gets Better"

Singer Li Na first Chinese celebrity to tell gay youths that "It Gets Better"

28 year old singer Li Na (厉娜), one of top five finalists in the 2006 Supergirls talent competition and now a successful recording artiste with a huge following, has now become the first mainland Chinese celebrity to make an "It Gets Better" video. more ›

Police raid new gay bar on the Bund, dozens detained

Police raid new gay bar on the Bund, dozens detained

Early this morning at around 1am, police raided Q Bar, a new gay bar on the Bund, and detained at least 50 patrons of the bar. more ›

Watch: Same-sex wedding on the streets of Wuhan, China

Watch: Same-sex wedding on the streets of Wuhan, China

It sure looks like guerilla tactics are becoming the favoured weapon of choice for gay activists around China (see here and here). Inspired by the Qianmen wedding that took place in Beijing in 2009, a gay couple and a lesbian couple recently hit the streets of Wuhan and got "married" for the world to see. more ›

Li Tie of The Times Weekly: Gay marriage will lead us down the slippery slope towards legalising polygamy and bestiality

Li Tie of The Times Weekly: Gay marriage will lead us down the slippery slope towards legalising polygamy and bestiality

Earlier this month, sexologist-sociologist Li Yinhe (李银河) announced on her blog that she would be making five proposals at the "Two Sessions" for: more ›

Gay and lesbian couples stage kiss-in in Beijing on Valentine's Day

         

Two days ago, on Valentine's Day, ballsy gay and lesbian couples in Beijing decided to gatecrash a kissing competition held by the New World Shopping Mall (北京新世界百货) to raise the visibility of China's LGBT community and to drum up support for same-sex marriage. more ›

Shortlived stay at 696 Weihai Road for RainbowSpace, the Shanghai LGBT Centre

Shortlived stay at 696 Weihai Road for RainbowSpace, the Shanghai LGBT Centre

RainbowSpace, the Shanghai LGBT Centre, launched late last year at 696 Weihai Road, but like all the other tenants at the doomed artist enclave, they're getting kicked out, ostensibly so that the new landlord can build a new creative compound (haha!). more ›

China votes to retain the right to summarily execute gays and lesbians

China votes to retain the right to summarily execute gays and lesbians

On Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted 93 for, 55 against with 27 abstaining to reinsert 'sexual orientation' into a resolution condemning extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions. It was removed in November in a move led by African and Islamic countries, but brought back for another vote following the United States' insistence. more ›

Where we'll be today: ShanghaiPRIDE Family Day

Where we'll be today: ShanghaiPRIDE Family Day

After three weeks of panel discussions, film screenings, art shows, sports events and parties, the curtains finally come down on ShanghaiPRIDE 2010. Apart from the odd cancellation of an event forced by the men in uniform, all other events associated with the festival have been allowed to be conducted safely and without harassment. That's reason to celebrate for ShanghaiPRIDE's team of about 100 organisers and volunteers (including yours truly), and that's what they'll be doing today at two events. more ›

China votes against granting LGBT group consultative status at the U.N.

China votes against granting LGBT group consultative status at the U.N.

This week, the 54-country Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) voted to grant "consultative status" to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). The resolution was approved with 23 in favor, 13 against, 13 abstentions and 5 absences -- China voted "no" along with countries like Bangladesh, Comoros, Namibia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Zambia. While China's "nay" vote may not come as a surprise, it does seem to fly against the CCP's official party line of the three no's -- no support, no prohibition, and no promotion ("不支持,不反对,不提倡") when it comes to gay issues. If they really wanted to be consistent with this policy, why didn't they choose to abstain, we wonder? more ›

Photos: Great Global Kiss-in Shanghai

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Today is the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia and to commemorate this day, over a hundred people -- gay, straight, bisexual and transgender -- gathered on a rooftop overlooking the Bund yesterday evening for a kiss-in flash mob to celebrate love and equality for all people. Shanghai was the only Asian city out of about 60 cities around the world to take part in the Great Global Kiss-in. more ›

Around Shanghai: Sculpture parks, alternative Expo's and heightened security

Around Shanghai: Sculpture parks, alternative Expo's and heightened security

John Pasden checks out the Shanghai Sculpture Park in Sheshan and, despite the cost, finds it to be pretty awesome. more ›

This week in Gay China: Grisly gay sex murders, gay matchmaking and gay faux marriages!

This week in Gay China: Grisly gay sex murders, gay matchmaking and gay faux marriages!

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Kenneth Tan: 5 big gay China events that made international headlines

Kenneth Tan: 5 big gay China events that made international headlines

Kenneth Tan is Shanghaiist's editor-at-large and resident homo. Since handing over the reins of this website to Elaine Chow, Kenneth has been living a quiet life selling sexy male lingerie, and building a gay social network. He also serves on the committee of ShanghaiLGBT, and is one of the masterminds behind this year's much-talked-about Shanghai Pride. While 2009 was a big year for gay China, five events stood out from among the rest for the sheer amount of attention they received from international media, says Kenneth. Here they are in chronological order: more ›

Watch: Dylan Chen behind the scenes of Shanghai Pride

Watch: Dylan Chen behind the scenes of Shanghai Pride

Earlier this year, Aritz Parra of the new video news network VJ Movement took his camera and followed Dylan Chen, one of the organisers of Shanghai Pride, mainland China's very first gay pride season. He followed the young man over the course of two months, chronicling the ups and downs Dylan and his team experienced in putting together the event. The result is this beautifully and sensitively edited video clip you see below. Check out the money shot of the plainclothes policeman videotaping one of the Shanghai Pride events. more ›

Interview: Beijing Queer Film Festival

Interview: Beijing Queer Film Festival

Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei sits down for a chat with Yang Yang and celebrated gay film director Cui Zi'en (催子恩), masterminds of the Beijing Queer Film Festival (北京酷儿影展) which took place in June this year. more ›

Watch: Top 10 Chinese language lesbian films

Watch: Top 10 Chinese language lesbian films

Hot off the press from Queer Comrades: this selection of ten of the most well-received Chinese language lesbian films. For those of you queer film aficionados that are interested, many of these films are actually available in your local DVD store. more ›

LGBT protest in Guangzhou's People's Park

LGBT protest in Guangzhou's People's Park

In one of the more bizarre police conflict stories of late, over a hundred gay men congregated at People's Park in Guangzhou this week to protest police efforts to keep homosexuals out of the park. The police have used reports of petty crimes such as robbery and stealing to keep homosexuals out of the park, which serves as a meeting place for gay people. Protesters verbally clashed with the police after park guards attempted to force the group to leave the premises, and several protesters and volunteers were detained and questioned before the protest began. more ›

Li Yinhe: Not accepting blood donations from gay people is akin to fascism

Li Yinhe: Not accepting blood donations from gay people is akin to fascism

Renowned sexologist and sociologist Li Yinhe (李银河) writes in a recent blogpost on China's laws against gay blood donors. A group of lesbians in Beijing are now fighting for the right to donate blood: more ›

Li Yinhe on <em>homowives</em>

Li Yinhe on homowives

Renowned sexologist and sociologist Li Yinhe (李银河) in a recent blogpost on the lives of tongqi (同妻), heterosexual women who find themselves married to gay Chinese men (translation adapted from Yawning Bread): more ›

What made Shanghai Pride so very proud?

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Shanghaiist intern Kirsti Jönson, who covered Shanghai Pride (a China first!) last week, gives us her account of the event and what it might mean for all the LGBTa living in China. more ›

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Mainland China's 1st Pride event

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Mainland China's 1st Pride event

Amidst all the hubbub of an unmentionable anniversary, the LGBT community has been planning it’s own great leap forward. Shanghai has been chosen for Mainland China's first Gay Pride event - Shanghai Pride! more ›

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Does Shanghai have Gay Pride?

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Does Shanghai have Gay Pride?

Yes, we do! The rumors are true. Shanghai will finally have its first, real Gay Pride day on June13, 2009. While Hong Kong held their inaugural pride parade last year, this summer marks the first time mainland China will have a large-scale Pride event. more ›

Gay marriage advocacy takes to the streets during Valentine's Day

Gay marriage advocacy takes to the streets during Valentine's Day

While we were getting gussied up for the Shanghaiist Valentine's Day party, homosexuals in Beijing were taking to the streets in a remarkably open advocation of gay marriage. more ›

Photos: Beautiful Thing & A Pink Tie Affair

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Beautiful Thing, Shanghai's first gay play directed by Michael Darragh, received two standing ovations at the Zhijiang Dream Factory last weekend. The play was followed by a pink tie party organised by Shanghai LGBT in which they crowned their Drag King and Queen of the year. more ›

Eye on Gay Shanghai: The Bund gets a lesbian nightclub

Eye on Gay Shanghai: The Bund gets a lesbian nightclub

In September, Shanghaiist reported that Wai Tan had gone really upscale and added a gay nightclub. We’re happy to say Club D2, by the same owners of the infamous Club Deep, is still going strong. more ›

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Drag Show Extravaganza, LGBT Pub Crawl, and other upcoming events

Eye on Gay Shanghai: Drag Show Extravaganza, LGBT Pub Crawl, and other upcoming events

Shanghai’s #1 Fag Hag has a busy couple of weeks planned ahead. Maybe Shanghai really does deserve the title of 2008’s most improved gay life citymore ›

QAF Beijing on long distance relationships

This new episode of Queer As Folk Beijing, China's first independent gay video podcast, discusses long distance relationships. Has technology, cheap phone calls and the possibility of phone- or cam-sex made it easier for people in long distance relationships? Interesting questions that are relevant to both gay and straight couples. more ›

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