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.
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 *
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. 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.
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 *
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. 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.
SHANGHAI GAY BARS & SPAC
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. 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.
GAY SHANGHAI
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.
CHA’S LGBT COMMUNI: EXPLORG THE CHE “GAY CY”
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.