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Tough Times for China’s Boys’ Love Lovers
How the blacklisting of one popular online forum left droves of Chinese fans of queer fan fiction without a ”home”
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Rainbow’s End for China’s Campus LGBT Groups?
A WeChat crackdown on student LGBT organizations raises the alarm about the future of sexual minority voices in China
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Love for Boys’ Love
Unrealistic portrayals of gay men in straight women’s fantasies raise questions for LGBT representation in media
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Viral Week Ep. 230
Organ donors thanked through song, netizens question poverty stats, advert features gay couple—it’s Viral Week
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Gay Emperors in Chinese History
Five love stories about ancient monarchs and their male confidantes
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The Noughty Nineties: The Gay Activist
The jiulinghou fight for LGBTQ rights—from our cover story
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A Restroom by Any Other Name
Does it matter what we call unisex toilets? China’s gender activists weigh in
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Scared Straight: LGBT Community Unites Against Conversion Therapy
Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China
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