Cha’s LGBTQ muny has long had to al wh not only societal prejudice but also prsure om the state: censorship, surveillance and timidatn, at tim even tentn by police. Durg the early 2000s, though, looked like thgs might be changg. Gay clubs flourished big ci and muny groups sprang up to offer social servic. The days, the feelg has fad. While ’s difficult to pot to any direct crackdown, the realy is that over the past ’s bee to
Contents:
- GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
- CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI
- SHANGHAI FULL OF PRI: CHA'S 'MOST GAY-FRIENDLY CY' PREPAR TO CELEBRATE
- SHANGHAI GAY BARS & SPAC
- GAY SHANGHAI
- CHA’S LGBT COMMUNI: EXPLORG THE CHE “GAY CY”
GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI / GLBTQ+ FRIENDLY COUNTRI 2023
* china gay friendly *
LGBTQIA+ travellers are those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (a more clive LGBT ialism), pl queer or qutng, tersex or asexual dividuals, as well as those who intify beyond the monly ed sexualy and genr exprsns. Although there are many stanc of gay relatnships and queer art and lerature spread throughout Cha’s long rerd history, LGBTQIA+ intifyg people Cha do not receive the same legal protectns or rights than heterosexual and/or cis-genr populatns.
Through the dynasti, homosexual relatnships were treated wh difference, but wh global and Soviet fluenc to the 20th century, laws were put place to ban same-sex relatnships. There are small but energised gay scen Beijg, Shanghai and Hong Kong; however, public displays and pri events do not ually have a place Cha, due to thori keepg a lid on any form of public monstratns. Learn moreA gay uple kiss unr a rabow-loured srf durg a party after a mass weddg anised by the Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) Cha anisatn on a cise the open seas en route to Sasebo, Japan, on June 15, 2017.
Durg this year’s Pri Month, soccer star Li Yg ma history as Cha’s first female athlete to e out publicly as gay, a ndid seri of celebratory photos posted on social media, showg her posg happily alongsi her partner.
CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI
The Shanghai gay gui, sce 2006. Over 12 ln page views listg the LGBT iendly venu Shanghai, Cha. Facebook: @ShanghaiGay * china gay friendly *
In years past, June was filled wh LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer) events major ci such as Shanghai and Beijg, durg which Cha’s sexual mori uld semi-openly celebrate their inty. Some LGBTQ people have blamed the crackdown on the rrect imprsn that homosexualy is a Wtern import to Cha, and groups supportg gay rights are liable to filtratn by foreign forc. Some also spect a more direct lk between the crackdown on LGBTQ rights and top officials’ worldviews, which for many were shaped durg the Cultural Revolutn the 1960s and ’70s, when thori attempted to purge any “non-socialist” elements — cludg homosexualy — om Che society.
However, Cha is not known for s relaxed attu on ee speech or openns on LGBT issu; so gay travellers might wonr what their experience Cha would be like. The legal and social suatn is actually que plex, but visors to the untry should feel safe to travel around eely, whether they are gay or straight. Asi om the ual discrepancy between ral and urban areas, there is also a large generatn gap: a 2016 survey showed that 35% of people born pre-1970 would reject a gay child, while only 9% of people born after 1990 would do the same.
The first is the tradnal fay valu that still rry a lot of weight; sons are valued as the ntuers of the fay le and homosexualy is believed to n unter to that.
SHANGHAI FULL OF PRI: CHA'S 'MOST GAY-FRIENDLY CY' PREPAR TO CELEBRATE
Dpe cisn not to censor gay scene Bety and the Beast, Beijg is not noted for s tolerance of the LGBT muny. Even so, s ary may be ls biased agast gay servicemen than s Wtern unterparts * china gay friendly *
Che social media work Weibo also me unr fire June 2018 for banng gay ntent a measure taken prumably to show ference to the ernment, although onle outrage ed an almost-stantaneo public turnaround on the mpaign. Wh LGBT rights Cha so hidn-away, uld be difficult to have a sociable trip, pecially as onle censorship n make gay workg s and apps difficult to accs. People are rerved and unlikely to exprs any surprise or disfort even if they felt , so the vast majory of acmodatn optns are welg for gay travellers.
SHANGHAI GAY BARS & SPAC
It n be nice knowg that the acmodatn is more tered towards gay travellers, although this is difficult to fd out given the rtrictns on public statements of gay-iendls, so remendatns om iends is the bt bet. What will have bee clear throughout this gui are the limatns on a thrivg and visible gay scene Cha, which n make difficult to meet people. We have put together a list of our favoure gay hook up apps to e while travelg, but you might also want to bsh up on your gay sna etiquette if you want some simple, steamy fun….
For gay travellers, the most important thg is to be aware of the censorship laws and the effect the have on the LGBT muny and s prence Cha. The untry has also embraced gay-ienly legislatn, providg the right to gay marriage, the right for gay upl to adopt, the right to serve openly the ary, and equal hog and employment protectns. Over the s that followed, Iceland has passed several gay-iendly laws such as those that target anti-discrimiatn, fair adoptn, equal age of nsent, and gay marriage.
That tradn has rried over to the morn world makg Greece and wele statn for the LGBTQ+ muny, Mykonos particular along wh several other major ci and islands are the centers of Grecian gay nightlife. There is no official data on homosexualy Cha, the world’s most populo untry, however amics timate that Cha now has about 40 ln homosexuals.
GAY SHANGHAI
Everyone knows Chongqg is famo for s lots of betiful girls and handsome boys; However, Chongqg is also known for boastg the greatt populatn of homosexual men around the untry. : What happens Chengdu, stays Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997, and removed om an official list of mental disorrs four years later, taboos still persist, pecially more ral areas. ”The social scene many high profile LGBTQ+-iendly ci tend to skew male, and Chengdu there are certaly gay-foced venu—take nightclub Max, and the Thursday’s weekly Pri party at Unrground bar, n by openly gay English expat Gary Daniels.
I list all known gay venu below, and addnally list a uple of gay iendly plac that ter to a predomately larger number of gay clientele than most. There are probably more than 300 or so other gay-iendly spac, bars, ffee shops & rtrants Shanghai that I do not list drawg gay clientele. Quick Jump88 Cafe & Bar ?️??☕️Moon Bar ?️????ManGo Bar ?️???Roxie (Lbian) ⚢????Hiro Bar ?️??☕️Rik (Gay-iendly) ⚢????Q Bar ?️??Ten Club ?️???Asia Blue ?️??A+ Hoe Bar ?️???Reborn Club ?️????HUNT Bar ?️?????44kw Club (gay-iendly) ????The Palace ???Rice Bar ?️????Swag Candy Club (Lbian) ⚢??Inclu Whisky & We ?️???Atlas Corner (Gay-iendly) ???Tahi Pub (Gay-Friendly) ??Wet Bar @ W Hotel (Gay-iendly) ?Cotton’s (Gay-iendly) ???+ Closed (past) Spac+ Gay Cha Not+ Gay Shanghai Not + Gay apps+ Che Gay HistoryShanghai Gay Spac:.
Insi the Junfeng Internatnal Fortune Plaza Hongkou (see maps and photos), ManGo pris self providg a space that nnects olr gentlemen wh their younger admirers, ak to a large fun gay beer hall wh a super iendly crowd that is very, very, lol, and bt on Friday and Saturday between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. A lol and very gay bar wh mp r and massive bar unr an umbrella of high-tech LED rods, across the hall om TEN Club and gets ridual benef of TEN Club ctomers pg the boppg.
CHA’S LGBT COMMUNI: EXPLORG THE CHE “GAY CY”
Asia Blue is the cy’s olst gay bar brand (havg origally found self on Gaolan Lu 20 years ago, and re-loted many tim) still currently operatn. Still offers drk specials and lol gay bears focsed on providg a safe and fun environment for non-pretent, down-to-earth bears and monkeys to drk, play dice gam and enjoy a night away om the other gay spac.
The owner is Charl Guo, a fashn photographer om Beijg, so ’s only natural he has attracted a fashn-dtry heavy crowd, and ’s gay followers.