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Contents:
- BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
- LIFE IS GETTG HARR FOR GAY PEOPLE CHA
- HOW NATNALISM IS MAKG LIFE HARR FOR GAY PEOPLE CHA
- THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE GAY? IT'S CHA, ACRDG TO NEW RANKG
BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spac * gay people in china *
A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spacPhotographer: GREG BAKER/AFPHello, I’m Colum Murphy, a reporter on our Cha ernment team based Beijg, wh a look at the steady erosn of gay life Cha.
LIFE IS GETTG HARR FOR GAY PEOPLE CHA
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 * gay people in china *
First, here are your headl: This week’s top stori:Up NextBeg Gay Cha Has Gotten Harr Unr Xi Jpg. 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.
HOW NATNALISM IS MAKG LIFE HARR FOR GAY PEOPLE CHA
A lawsu brought by a stunt is part of an effort to get schools, edors and publishers to regnize that beg gay is not a mental disorr. * gay people in china *
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. 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.
THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE GAY? IT'S CHA, ACRDG TO NEW RANKG
Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997 and removed om s official list of mental disorrs 2001. 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.