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- BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IS HAPPENG CHA TOO. BUT IT CAN’T TURN BACK THE CLOCK.
BEG GAY CHA HAS GOTTEN HARR UNR XI JPG
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‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IS HAPPENG CHA TOO. BUT IT CAN’T TURN BACK THE CLOCK.
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“This is a dark day for , and I don’t know if there’s anythg I uld do other than reachg out to my iends and fortg them, ” Kev, a gay man Chengdu, told Al Jazeera, after hearg the news. From time to time, the ernment has equated homosexualy wh vlence and obsceny, censored pictns on televisn and allowed books to refer to homosexualy as a kd of mental illns. Cha’s more nservative forc have often exhibed a vehement hatred towards homosexualy or genr nonnformy for an alleged “agenda to stroy tradnal valu, ” acrdg to some vol opponents of the movement, cludg some that brand themselv as science wrers such as Vacce and Science, an acunt wh more than five ln followers.