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Contents:

• CHENGDU, CHA’S ‘GAY CAPAL’ IS NOT GIVG IN
• CHENGDU: CHA'S PERMISSIVE 'GAY PAL' REFG TO FOLD
• IN PICTUR: CHENGDU – CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY PAL’ REFG TO FOLD
• CHENGDU: CHA’S ‘GAY PAL’ REF TO FOLD
• CHENGDU: CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY CAPAL’ REFG TO FOLD
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHENGDU
• CHENGDU UNRELENTG CHA'S CLAMP DOWN ON GAY BARS
• CHENGDU: CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY PAL’ REFG TO FOLD
• MAPA GAY FLORIANóPOLIS
• GAY GUAM

CHENGDU, CHA’S ‘GAY CAPAL’ IS NOT GIVG IN

Wei Lai is an openly gay profsor at a lol mic llege who was born and brought up Chengdu. : 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.

Though not openly gay, onle chatter about her viss to lbian bars and her var girliends was wispread.

“But Chengdu seems to have s own way of advotg for gays and lbians that is totally, thentilly Che. Chengdu, Cha’s ‘gay pal’, is ntug s openns toward the LGBTQIA+ muny spe creasg steps by Beijg to curb , The Japan Tim reports.

CHENGDU: CHA'S PERMISSIVE 'GAY PAL' REFG TO FOLD

The cy, which is loted south-wtern Cha, has built up a reputatn for welg the LGBTQIA+ muny wh gay bars and snas. Called “Gaydu” by Che lennials, the cy has long cherished s reputatn as a safe haven for a muny that fac stigma and wispread harassment elsewhere the untry.

Concern began October when a gay club and sna, the MC Club, was closed after explic photos were posted onle and lol media reported HIV fectns had occurred at a sex party held there. Major gay bars across the cy were temporarily shut unr the guise of a public health crisis.

IN PICTUR: CHENGDU – CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY PAL’ REFG TO FOLD

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.

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, ’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. “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.

CHENGDU: CHA’S ‘GAY PAL’ REF TO FOLD

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. 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. 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.

CHENGDU: CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY CAPAL’ REFG TO FOLD

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. Gays Chengdu go to whatever popular clubs and rtrants they want to and socialize groups that clu their women and straight iends.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHENGDU

Here we offer Chengdu Gay & Lbian Tour wh -daily parture, first class gay/lbian iendly hotel acmodatn, English speakg gay/lbian-iendly gui, eveng cultural performance, bar visg and more.

CHENGDU UNRELENTG CHA'S CLAMP DOWN ON GAY BARS

Gay-iendly southwtern cy has long had a vibrant LGBTQ muny, ntrast wh much of the untry. They wear kimonos, an apparent tactil promise wh new moraly s creepg to Cha's "gay pal" across town, young women still lounge on leather sofas drkg beer at a lbian club, while a nearby bar is hostg an LGBTQ board game om the admistrative glare of Beijg, the smopolan southwtern cy, dubbed "Gaydu" by Che lennials, has long cherished s reputatn as a safe haven for a muny that fac stigma and wispread harassment elsewhere the activists now say the cy's permissive streak is unr threat, as the central Communist learship puts the squeeze on the few bastns of sexual eedom across the Chengdu's rilient LGBTQ muny is not ready to be forced to the closet. "There is some tac acceptance by the thori, but is very lite, " said Matthew, an activist om the NGO Chengdu Rabow, who requted e of his first name recipe for survival, Matthew says, is "makg small progrs" rather than big polil and social statements that rattle Cha's hyper-sensive mood Chengdu started to sour October when the MC Club was closed after explic photos were posted onle and lol media reported that HIV fectns had been lked to sex parti allegedly takg place at the venue's the gay muny say a spike the number of domtic LGBTQ visors -- unable to travel overseas bee of the ronavis panmic -- drew unwanted attentn om cy thori.

Major gay bars the cy were temporarily shut down, ostensibly to ntrol a public health, an activist told AFP, all of the cy's LGBTQ anisatns were sudnly vtigated.

CHENGDU: CHA’S PERMISSIVE ‘GAY PAL’ REFG TO FOLD

- Stolen pri -Cha's LGBTQ populatn still enunters discrimatn and lacks legal safeguards a untry that as recently as 2001 still classified beg gay as a mental marriage is still not legally regnised, spe mountg lls to troduce , pecially among the younger major obstacl block their progrs. Print Xi Jpg has overseen a drive agast anythg nsired anthetil to Communist Party valu -- leavg ltle room for gay pri. To lols, Chengdu is the fal say the cy's gay-iendly ambience riv om s eclectic mix of ethnic mori and cultur -- as well as s handy distance om Beijg and the strictur of mastream cy's allure is "s openns, " said activist Matthew, whose office is ftooned wh rabow flags and posters readg "Be proud, Be yourself".

MAPA GAY FLORIANóPOLIS

"Before was shut, the MC Club was packed wh about 1, 000 people each night, an activist told anythg-go reputatn is folkloric across the gay muny the cy of 16 gay man told AFP he received a sexual massage a sna at the premis and had prevly attend a party the dark where no cloth were allowed. - Tea and tolerance -Cha's first wily reported gay marriage took place Chengdu 2010 -- a symbolic ceremony between two men as same-sex unns still have no legal, Cha's rabow muny remas the dark pared to many eer Asian bars ntacted by AFP refed on-the-rerd terviews and most terviewe cled to be intified. Teacher Ray, who reloted to Chengdu this year, said he was unfortable wh g out at home the northern cy of Xi' "everyone Chengdu knows I'm gay -- my boss, some of my stunt's parents, all of my iends" secret to survival is avoidg noisy social and polil advocy, says Hongwei, a member of a Chengdu NGO, g a groups the cy stead foc on muny needs such as psychologil support and help for those g out, while some readily report planned events to thori to keep everythg above a trendy teahoe the cy centre, same-sex upl ntle together wicker chairs and sip tea, whout raisg any eyebrows.

They wear kimonos, an apparent tactil promise wh new moraly s creepg to Cha’s “gay pal”. Far om the admistrative glare of Beijg, the smopolan southwtern cy, dubbed “Gaydu” by Che lennials, has long cherished s reputatn as a safe haven for a muny that fac stigma and wispread harassment elsewhere the untry. Some the gay muny say a spike the number of domtic LGBTQ visors — unable to travel overseas bee of the ronavis panmic — drew unwanted attentn om cy thori.

GAY GUAM

Major gay bars the cy were temporarily shut down, ostensibly to ntrol a public health crisis. Cha’s LGBTQ populatn still enunters discrimatn and lacks legal safeguards a untry that as recently as 2001 still classified beg gay as a mental illns. Gay marriage is still not legally regnised, spe mountg lls to troduce , pecially among the younger generatns.

Print Xi Jpg has overseen a drive agast anythg nsired anthetil to Communist Party valu — leavg ltle room for gay pri.

They say the cy’s gay-iendly ambience riv om s eclectic mix of ethnic mori and cultur — as well as s handy distance om Beijg and the strictur of mastream Cha. One gay man told AFP he received a sexual massage a sna at the premis and had prevly attend a party the dark where no cloth were allowed. Cha’s first wily reported gay marriage took place Chengdu 2010 — a symbolic ceremony between two men as same-sex unns still have no legal basis.