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The city’s allure is “its openness,” said activist Matthew, whose office is festooned with rainbow flags and posters reading “Be proud, Be yourself”. They say the city’s gay-friendly ambience derives from its eclectic mix of ethnic minorities and cultures - as well as its handy distance from Beijing and the strictures of mainstream China. No explanation was given for why the event was pulled, but rumours abound of pressure on the organisers as the LGBTQ community is boxed-in by conservative social values. In August, ShanghaiPRIDE - China’s longest-running annual LGBTQ festival - abruptly announced it was shutting down for “the safety of all involved”. President Xi Jinping has overseen a drive against anything considered antithetical to Communist Party values - leaving little room for gay pride.īeijing also frowns on large civil society mobilisations of any kind. Gay marriage is still not legally recognised, despite mounting calls to introduce it, especially among the younger generations.īut major obstacles block their progress. Stolen prideĬhina’s LGBTQ population still encounters discrimination and lacks legal safeguards in a country that as recently as 2001 still classified being gay as a mental illness.
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Then, an activist told AFP, all of the city’s LGBTQ organisations were suddenly investigated. Major gay bars in the city were temporarily shut down, ostensibly to control a public health crisis. Some in the gay community say a spike in the number of domestic LGBTQ visitors - unable to travel overseas because of the coronavirus pandemic - drew unwanted attention from city authorities. Closed gay sauna MC Club in Chengdu, the capital of southwest Sichuan province. The mood in Chengdu started to sour in October when the MC Club was closed after explicit photos were posted online and local media reported that HIV infections had been linked to sex parties allegedly taking place at the venue’s sauna. The recipe for survival, Matthew says, is “making small progress” rather than big political and social statements that rattle China’s hyper-sensitive authorities.
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Matthew, who requested use of his first name only and runs the NGO Chengdu Rainbow, at the office in Chengdu. “There is some tacit acceptance by the authorities, but it is very delicate,” said Matthew, an activist from the NGO Chengdu Rainbow, who requested use of his first name only.
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