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Contents:

• CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI
• CHA’S LGBT COMMUNI: EXPLORG THE CHE “GAY CY”
• THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE GAY? IT'S CHA, ACRDG TO NEW RANKG
• BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
• 14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE
• FD GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS CHA

CHA’S TOP 10 GAYT CI

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. For the past weeks, I vised some famo plac where queer people gather— such as gay bars, teaho, and LGBT-related anizatns— and nsulted some rearch papers done by the lol soclogists.

Chengdu is voted as “the gay cy of Cha”, not only bee has the most nsirable amount of openly LGBT people, but addnally, s tolerant attu attracts many LGBT people to e and settle there. Chengdu has more than 30 gay bars and a large map of social gatherg spots for MSM (an abbreviatn of ‘Men who have sex wh Men’), cludg teaho, clubs, and public bathrooms. The owner of Chengdu’s largt gay bathroom MC Space claims that “’s a place where you have romantic enunters”; however, the spac earn gay people a bad reputatn among the rt of society.

Upon hearg the news, there was public outrage, and ultimately epened the negative stereotype which many people attach to gay people about them beg unually promiscuo. In my experience, when talkg about the subject of homosexualy Cha, most people’s first reactn would be to associate wh HIV and STDs, which is ed by their “sful liftyle”.

CHA’S LGBT COMMUNI: EXPLORG THE CHE “GAY CY”

Even though no current law Cha is explicly agast homosexualy; one n still easily overstep to the forbidn zone of polics when discsg , which leads to censorship as proven by the banned WeChat acunts.

Therefore, non-LGBT people tend to be nonchalant of homosexual behavrs as long as don’t actively ncern them, and LGBT people tend not to publicize their beliefs anyways. There are all kds of gays here, cludg migrant workers and lnair, thiev and scholars, prostut and celebri so this cy really is the mol for the “gayt cy”. Once you’re worn out om a long hike or bike ri, blow off some steam at one of the gay bars sttered throughout the cy like Zoo Bar or Pettiat Lane.

And should you fd yourself there the month of September, be sure to check out the Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival for a variety of films and shorts by queer Che artists. But if you’re lookg to check out the gay scene s tt form, you’ll fd yourself Shju Ni-chome—Tokyo’s gayt neighborhood, which is home to over 300 gay bars packed to a 13-block radi. The only laws that protect LGBT dividuals are one that allow gay men to serve the ary and one that allows people to change their legal genr.

THE WORLD'S WORST PLACE TO BE GAY? IT'S CHA, ACRDG TO NEW RANKG

The worst place the world for LGBT to live is Cha, acrdg to a survey that puts Beijg at the bottom of a list of most welg ci, alongsi several other Che celebrate Pri Month, German hog webse Ntpick ranked the most welg ci for people who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer. Beijg me last out of a 100 ci, while Shanghai sat at number 89 and Hong Kong at the other end, Madrid topped the list, followed by Amsterdam, Toronto, Tel Aviv and week, Shanghai Pri activists told The Daily Beast about LGBT life Cha, sayg that although gay clubs exist, few people e out as many people stggle to be accepted by fai and the state.

There are clics Cha offer still offer "nversn therapy" to most Cha do not follow monotheistic relign, unlike many untri wh low acceptance of homosexualy, many parts of society still hold nservative views on social issu. However, a study nducted by Pekg Universy 2016 found that 58 percent of gay and straight Che people felt that LGBT people were ostracized by their fai.

In the same survey, jt 15 percent of gay people said they had e out to their fai, and fewer than half said that had gone homosexualy is not illegal, the state do some ways rtrict LGBT visibily. Cha's strict censorship laws extend to film—as well as polil censhorship, cuttg scen that portray the ernment an unflatterg light, the thori have removed scen pictg homosexualy, for stance, Michael Fassbenr's gay alien kiss was cut out of the movie Alien: Covenant, acrdg to The Hollywood Reporter. "Stephen", one of the two lns rabow lors to show support for the LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) muny, is newly displayed at HSBC's ma branch Hong Kong, Cha December 7, 2016.

BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG

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.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

“Until [the lg], you uld be fired for beg LGBT, ” says Jeff Berger, founr and print of the Natnal Associatn of Gay & Lbian Real Estate Profsnals. Ls than half of LGBTQ adults, 49%, were homeowners, pared wh almost two-thirds, 65%, of LGBTQ folks who do buy hom prrize livg fun, safe muni wh lots of other gay rints where they’re ls likely to be harassed.

“They n have a level of fort [ the plac] bee other people have charted the waters, ” says fd the gayt towns Ameri, the ® team of data analysts looked at five-year U. The list was limed to towns wh at least 1, 700 hoeholds wh a marg of error unr many big ci like San Francis and New York have long been renowned for their thrivg gay culture, they’re jt so big that the number of same-sex upl ma up a smaller percentage of their total populatns. Wilton Manors, FLMedian home list price: $449, 000*No, isn’t nearly as renowned as some of the other gay mecs on this list, but don’t let that fool you.

Popular extravaganzas clu Bear Week, Womxn of Color Weekend, and the nearly 50-year-old trans celebratn Fantasia will pay arly to live this world-famo gay mec. The five-day ftival each September attracts big-name performers, cludg Lizzo, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, as well as thoands of LGBTQ-iendly sert town, two hours east of Los Angel, happens to also be a gay oasis the other 359 days a year. Sheridan rints are still close enough to Denver’s gay bars and pri ftival, which has an timated attendance of more than a half-ln only downsi: There isn’t a ton of listgs the smaller town of Sheridan.

FD GAY FRIENDLY HOTELS CHA

While don’t have s own LGBTQ center or annual ftival, the quiet astal town neighbors Rehoboth Beach, DE, which has both—along wh dozens of gay bars and the whole area has bee a top East Coast LGBTQ vatn statn, many folks who want to stay year-round prefer the lmer vibe, natural scenery, and better als hunters n sre this three-bedroom townhome wh a pool and fns center the muny for $394, 900. Known for s lively mic, bar, and rtrant scene, the town is also typilly home to the Garn State’s annual gay pri about 90 mut om New York Cy, Asbury Park is hoppg durg the summer. Bloomgton, INMedian home list price: $379, 050Most folks are probably more likely to associate Indiana wh s nservative former ernor turned vice print, Mike Pence, than s thrivg gay culture.

The cy also received a perfect, 100-pot sre on the Human Rights Commissn’s Municipal Equaly Inx for five straight progrsive small town has a rich theater and mic muny, an annual pri ft, and LGBTQ+ muny center, and is home to the groundbreakg Ksey Instute for Rearch Sex, Genr, and lookg for a gay-iendly, Midwtern muny n sop up a remoled four-bedroom townhome for jt $117, 000.