Gay Cha Gui 2023 - gay bars, clubs, snas & more - Travel Gay

Contents:

• CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
• SHANGHAI GAY PRI
• GAY CHA
• TRANSLATN OF GAY PRI – ENGLISH–TRADNAL CHE DICTNARY
• GUANGZHOU GAY BARS & CLUBS
• GAY GUANGZHOU

CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’

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. And while much of the reactn was posive, wh people sendg their ngratulatns, Li’s acunt was also undated wh a wave of homophobic abe.

SHANGHAI GAY PRI

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. It started wh an outdoor “rabow bike ri” on May 17 (as a way to observe the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [IDAHBT]), then featured a seri of activi June, cludg job fairs, a pri n, parti, film screengs, and LGBTQ-themed talks and public foms, before endg wh a month-long LGBTQ art exhibn. “I searched Shanghai gay events on Google — the webse uld still be accsed Cha back then — and Shanghai Pri popped up after the nam of a few gay bars.

GAY CHA

LGBTQ rights advocy lawyer Liú Míngkē 刘明珂 livered a public talk on the TED-like platform Yīxí 一席 on discrmatn agast transgenr and gay people Cha.

ShanghaiPRIDE anised a “Rabow Bike Ri” to mark the IDAHOBIT (Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia) on May 17 as a prelu to the ftival. Members of Cha’s LGBTQ muny and their parents spent four days on a cise trip anised by Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) 2017.

Homosexualy was crimalised maland Cha 1997 and was removed om the untry’s classifitn of mental disorrs (CCMD-3) 2001.

TRANSLATN OF GAY PRI – ENGLISH–TRADNAL CHE DICTNARY

Gay rights advot say they are stunned and sadned by the news, which me not long after this year’s Shanghai Pri, succsfully held offle mid-June spe challeng posed by the Covid-19 panmic. 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.

Sce 2016, Che censors have banned portrayals of what they see as “abnormal sexual behavrs, ” cludg gay relatnships, TV and onle shows. Rabow flags and posters wh the lorful motif have been on display outsi some embassi central Beijg's leafy Chaoyang and Dongcheng districts recent weeks, markg the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on May 17, and remaed up as late May slipped to June, the official Pri spe this quiet nod to the cy's LGBTQ muny, Pri Month self is not a major event the Che pal, Yg X, director of Beijg LGBT Center, told CGTN.

"Non-straight people have more chance to be themselv Beijg, " said Alex, a gay 26-year-old lawyer origally om east Cha's Shandong Provce, addg that small ci do not offer as many activi and events for the LGBTQ fact, for many Che of sexual mori, is navigatg the domtic sphere – particular alg wh parental disapproval, more important Che society than the Wt, that is the most difficult. Some olr generatns do not accept non-straight sexuali or simply nnot fathom that they exist at Alex and Damon, 30, who is also gay and a Shandong native livg Beijg, said their peer groups were acceptg of their sexualy. "I'm a lucky man bee my parents are ted, and they have a better unrstandg of new thgs, but I have some iends whose parents totally nnot unrstand, " he to taboo, "Gays Cha are the most silent people, " Damon said.

GUANGZHOU GAY BARS & CLUBS

First takg place 2009, Shanghai Gay Pri has steadfastly veloped to a lively celebratn which generally ns for roughly 10 days. As polil monstratns of any kd are banned Cha, Shanghai Gay Pri don’t feature a para, but stead clus a range of LGBTQ-related events, cludg workshops, cultural events, and a Pri Ftival.

To pensate for the lack of an official Pri Para, Shanghai Gay Pri clus var stapl, cludg a Pri Film Ftival, a pk bnch, a dance party, and of urse the popular Pri Run and Rabow Bike Ri.

So if you like the ia of experiencg your pri Cha's most open and liberal cy, get yourself to Shanghai Gay Pri, and enjoy dog thgs a ltle differently.

GAY GUANGZHOU

LGBTQ film Hong Kong, Taiwan, and even Cha go back nearly three s, wh 1993 particular beg a landmark year wh the sympathetic portrayal of gay characters Ang Lee’s The Weddg Banquet and Chén Kǎigē’s 陈凯歌 Farewell My Concube. Wh East Palace, Wt Palace, based on a story by cult wrer Wáng Xiǎobō 王小波, Zhang st his mera on the secret liv and trysts of gay men Beijg. Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together, a romance about an on-and-off gay uple strand Argenta, was met wh wi acclaim and gifted Wong the ftival’s Bt Director Award.