Capiamo a che punto siamo n i dirti gay e l'omossualà Ca e soprattutto perché la unà LGBTQ+ ce ha dovuto ncellare il Pri di Shanghai.
Contents:
- CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
- OH NO, IL PRI DI SHANGHAI è STATO NCELLATO. MA A CHE PUNTO SIAMO N I DIRTI GAY CA?
- GAY PRI CALENDAR
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
CHA’S LGBT MUNY DON’T NEED WTERN ‘GAY PRI’
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Gay rights advot say they are stunned and sadned by the news, which me not long after this year’s Shanghai Pri, succsfully held offle mid-June spe challeng posed by the Covid-19 panmic. Homosexualy is not illegal Cha and, 2001, the thori removed om an official list of mental disorrs. Some also spect a more direct lk between the crackdown on LGBTQ rights and top officials’ worldviews, which for many were shaped durg the Cultural Revolutn the 1960s and ’70s, when thori attempted to purge any “non-socialist” elements – cludg homosexualy – om Che society.
Sce 2016, Che censors have banned portrayals of what they see as “abnormal sexual behavrs, ” cludg gay relatnships, TV and onle shows.
The 29-year-old artist om central Cha has said fdg domtic venu willg to display gay-themed artwork remas a dntg task. “Dog what I n stops me om fallg to a sense of helplsns, ” said the gay rights activist who requted anonymy. 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.
OH NO, IL PRI DI SHANGHAI è STATO NCELLATO. MA A CHE PUNTO SIAMO N I DIRTI GAY CA?
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. 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.
Some also spect a more direct lk between the crackdown on LGBTQ rights and top officials’ worldviews, which for many were shaped durg the Cultural Revolutn the 1960s and ’70s, when thori attempted to purge any “non-socialist” elements — cludg homosexualy — om Che society. It started wh an outdoor “rabow bike ri” on May 17 (as a way to observe the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [IDAHBT]), then featured a seri of activi June, cludg job fairs, a pri n, parti, film screengs, and LGBTQ-themed talks and public foms, before endg wh a month-long LGBTQ art exhibn.
GAY PRI CALENDAR
“I searched Shanghai gay events on Google — the webse uld still be accsed Cha back then — and Shanghai Pri popped up after the nam of a few gay bars.
LGBTQ rights advocy lawyer Liú Míngkē 刘明珂 livered a public talk on the TED-like platform Yīxí 一席 on discrmatn agast transgenr and gay people Cha. ? E bentornato anche al rirdo (bellissimo) l primo Gay Pri #MaInCha: era giugno 2009 e annunciava l’evento n un tolo che non si srda sì facilmente.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
“La Ca fa g out n il suo primo Gay Pri”, recava. “Shanghai è dubbiamente la ctà più progrsiva e liberale lla Ca, ed è una scelta logi che il primo Gay Pri ce si tenga qui - aveva affermato Hannah Miller, -fondatrice l Pri di Shanghai nell’ormai lontano 2009.
Come riporta Cala Fatticcni su Bridgg Cha, “il terme tóngzhì 同志 è riemerso n tutt’altro signifito nel 1989 quando alcuni attivisti, ocsne l primo Hong Kong Lbian and Gay Film Ftival, se ne sono appropriati e ditore di intà llettiva LGBT”.
Essere gay Ca non è più un reato – Cosmo, ti siamo grat* – dal 1997. E mentre rta la totale impossibilà di ntrarre matrimoni tra persone llo stso sso, qualche dirto è stato ncso nel 2017, quando le ppie gay e lbiche hanno visto garantirsi i dirti legali sull’assistenza medi e la gtne lla proprietà.