Gay men margal provc like Haan are claimg spac and buildg muni their own secret worlds.
Contents:
- CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
- LGBTQ CONFERENCE CHA'S 'GAY CAPAL' SCRAPPED
- BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
- CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI
- CHENGDU, CHA’S ‘GAY CAPAL’ IS NOT GIVG IN
- LGBT NFERENCE CHA'S 'GAY PAL' SCUPPERED
CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
Do the cy live up to s reputatn as a gay hot spot? * gay capital china *
Cha’s gay pal Chengdu forced to adapt as ernment shuts down venu and prob NGOs. Gay-iendly southwtern cy has long had a vibrant LGBTQ muny, ntrast wh much of the untry. So n there be a gay mec Cha?
Chengdu is famo for three thgs: pandas, spicy hot pot, and a gay old time.
LGBTQ CONFERENCE CHA'S 'GAY CAPAL' SCRAPPED
* gay capital china *
The pal of Sichuan provce southwt Cha has garnered such a reputatn for s LGBT scene that some even ll “gaydu. “It’s a ltle awkward to be hont, bee to earn that tle, [Chengdu] needs to have real cultural ntent, but actually ’s not like that, ” says Matthew Huang, a 24-year-old gay man who -found LGBTI anizatn Milks Friends, also known as Mr.
In recent months, Cha has seen legal actn across a broad swath of the LGBT muny, as people, for example, fight for gay marriage rights or oppose discrimatn agast transgenr people.
BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
It is not illegal to be gay Cha, but LGBTQ activists say nservative attus toward homosexualy have led to ocsnal ernment clamp-downs. * gay capital china *
Neon letters that spell out “fgerg” and “semen” English light up the bouncg dance floor at Max, a gay bar Chengdu’s Dongmen Daqiao area, the cy’s facto gayborhood. As far as Cha go, is not a bad place to be gay, says Yu Fei, the chief operatns officer for Tongle, a Chengdu-based nonernmental anizatn that has been nng sce 2002, wh a foc on gay men’s health and social well-beg.
CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI
A more assertive, self-reliant Cha has rulted a subtle but nstant narrowg of gay spac * gay capital china *
“It’s much better here pared to the north, where people have more nservative attus and tradnal fay stctur; they’re ls able to accept homosexualy, ” Yu, 35, tells Sixth Tone. For more on Chengdu, head over to for their full report where they elaborate on the mographics of the cy, more of s clive history, how is quick to embrace differenc, how beg onle has helped the cy bee more clive, and how e cizens believe the gay mec honor may be given prematurely sce there is so much more growth to go. In recent months, Cha has seen legal actn across a broad swath of the LGBT muny, as people, for example, fight for gay marriage rights or oppose discrimatn agast transgenr people.
CHENGDU, CHA’S ‘GAY CAPAL’ IS NOT GIVG IN
As far as Cha go, ’s not a bad place to be gay, says Yu Fei, the chief operatns officer for Tongle, a Chengdu-based nonernmental anizatn that’s been nng sce 2002, wh a foc on gay men’s health and social well-beg.
LGBT NFERENCE CHA'S 'GAY PAL' SCUPPERED
” But Chengdu’s reputatn as a gay pal only me about the digal age, Yu says. There was very seldom talk of gay issu, ” he remembers.
More than 300 people om all over Cha gathered to hear speakers give TED-style prentatns on topics like genr-fluid inty, rethkg sex tn, agg as a gay man, and asexualy.
In June, a urt Beijg accepted a lawsu by a lbian universy stunt agast Cha’s tn mistry for s failure to take actn agast homophobia universy textbooks. To Yu Shi, the cy’s reputatn as a gay pal is a misnomer that beli the progrs that the LGBT muny still needs to achieve. ” (Hear image: A newly married uple toasts weddg guts at a gay bar Chengdu, Sichuan provce, Jan.